Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi

Born 16/05/1898
Tokio, Japan

Died 24/08/1956 (58 years old)
Kjóto, Japan

Biography

Mizoguchi was born in Tokyo in 1898. Following his debut in 1923, he was noted for Kaminingyo Haru no Sasayaki (1926). After Osaka Elegy and Sisters of the Gion (1936), he won the International Award for The Life of Oharu (1952), the Silver Lion for Ugetsu Monogatari (1953), and Sansho Dayu (1954) at the Venice Film Festival, making his name known globally. He died suddenly in 1956 at the age of 58.

東京国際映画祭

Director

Movies
1956

Street of Shame

1955

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

 

Taira Clan Saga

1954

Sansho the Bailiff

 

The Crucified Lovers

 

Woman in the Rumor, The

1953

A Geisha

 

Tales of Ugetsu

1952

The Life of Oharu

Ads

Ads

1951

Lady from Musashino, The

 

Miss Oyu

1950

Tragedy of Madame Snow

1949

My Love Has Been Burning

1948

Women of the Night

1947

Džojú Sumako no koi

1946

Utamaro and His Five Women

 

Victory of Woman

1945

The Famous Sword Bijomaru

 

Victory Song

1944

Danjuro sandai

 

Sword of Fury

1941

Geido ichidai otoko

 

The Loyal 47 Ronin

1940

Naniwa onna

1939

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums

1938

Aa kokyo

 

Roei no uta

1937

The Straits of Love and Hate

1936

Osaka Elegy

 

Sisters of the Gion

1935

Gubijinsô

 

Ojô Okichi

 

Oyuki the virgin

 

The Downfall

1934

Aizo toge

 

Jinpu-ren

 

Shinpuren

1933

Gion matsuri

 

Taki no shiraito

1932

Manmo kenkoku no reimei

 

Toki no ujigami

1931

Shikamo karera wa yuku

1930

Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato

 

Tojin okichi

1929

Asahi wa kagayaku

 

Nihon bashi

 

Tokai kokyogaku

1928

Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-san-bu Kuso hen

 

Hito no issho

 

Musume kawaiya

1927

Jihi shincho

 

Ko-on

1926

Doka o

 

Kaikoku danji

 

Kaminingyo haru no sasayaki

 

Kane

 

Passions of a Woman Teacher

 

Shin onoga tsumi

1925

A, a tokumukan kanto

 

Akai yuhi ni terasarete

 

Gakuso o idete

 

Musen Fusen Uchien Puchan

 

Ningen

 

Nogi taisho to Kumasan

 

Shirayuri wa nageku

 

Smiling Earth

 

The Song of Home

 

Uchen-Puchan

1924

Akatsuki no shi

 

Džosei wa cujoši

 

Gendai no jo-o

 

Jin kyo

 

Jinkyo

 

Kanashiki hakuchi

 

Kanraku no onna

 

Koi wo tacu ono

 

Kyokubadan no jo-o

 

Samidare sôshi

 

Shichimencho no yukue

1923

813

 

Ai ni jomigaeru hi

 

Blood and Spirit

 

Foggy Harbor

 

Haikyo no naka

 

Haizan no uta wa kanashi

 

Joen no chimata

 

Kokyo

 

Seishun no yumeji

 

The Night

 

Toge no uta

 

Yorû utsukushikî akumâ

Short
1929

Tokyo March

1925

Gaijo no suketchi

Screenwriter

Producer

Movies
1952

The Life of Oharu

Author

Series
1973

Onna Sono Ai no Sirizu - book

Editor