Director

Kenji Mizoguchi

Directing

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Very extensive directing filmography.

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1.4

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Directed movies: 43Directed series: 0All crew credits: 46

TMDB ID: 97202

IMDb ID: nm0003226

Known for: Directing

Born: May 16, 1898

Died: August 24, 1956

Age: 58

Place of birth: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1923 - 2021

Years active: 99

Average TMDB rating: 7.3

Wikidata: Q55401

Also known as

溝口健二 • 미조구치 켄지 • 겐지 미조구치 • 켄지 미조구치

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Biography

Kenji Mizoguchi (May 16, 1898 – August 24, 1956) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène. "His films have an extraordinary force and purity. They shake and move the viewer by the power, refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering." Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Mizoguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.