Mizoguchi Kenji

Mizoguchi Kenji (溝口健二) was born on May 16, 1898. Mizoguchi Kenji movies and tv shows: Street of Shame 1956 (Japan), Princess Yang Kwei-Fei 1955 (Japan), The Crucified Lovers 1954 (Japan), Sansho the Bailiff 1954 (Japan), A Geisha 1953 (Japan)...

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First Name: Kenji

Family Name: Mizoguchi

Native Name: 溝口健二

Also Known As: Goteken

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Born: May 16, 1898

Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Mizoguchi's work is renowned for its long takes and mise-en-scène. According to writer Mark Le Fanu, "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."

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. Other acclaimed films of his include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954).