Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Born 1898 · Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Directed
Ugetsu
Director · 1953
Sansho the Bailiff
Director · 1954
The Life of Oharu
Director · 1952
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Director · 1954
Street of Shame
Director · 1956
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
Director · 1939
Sisters of the Gion
Director · 1936
A Geisha
Director · 1953
The 47 Ronin
Director · 1941
Miss Oyu
Director · 1951
Osaka Elegy
Director · 1936
The Woman in the Rumor
Director · 1954
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
Director · 1955
Utamaro and His Five Women
Director · 1946
Women of the Night
Director · 1948
Taira Clan Saga
Director · 1955
The Water Magician
Director · 1933
Portrait of Madame Yuki
Director · 1950
Acting
Writing
The Life of Oharu
Writer · 1952
Sisters of the Gion
Writer · 1936
Osaka Elegy
Story · 1936
The Straits of Love and Hate
Writer · 1937
The Homeland
Writer · 1923
The Feast of Gion
Writer · 1933
Osaka Woman
Writer · 1940
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
Screenplay · 1923
An Osaka Story
Story · 1957
Sisters of Gion
Original Story · 1956