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Kenji Mizoguchi (溝口 健二, Mizoguchi Kenji, 16 May 1898 – 24 August 1956) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956.
Kenji Mizoguchi. Director: Ugetsu. Coming from a lower class family Mizoguchi entered the production company Nikkatsu as an actor specialized in female roles. Later he became an assistant director and made his first film in 1922.
May 15, 2015 · Kenji Mizoguchi: 10 essential films. Some must-see titles from the long career of one of the great masters of Japanese cinema, famed for his exquisite travelling shots and fierce critiques of his country’s patriarchal inequality.
Jun 23, 2014 · Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was a foundational figure of the Japanese cinema and one of its uncontestably supreme artists. Mizoguchi remains best known today for his late masterworks of the 1950s and especially The Life of Oharu, Ugetsu and Sansho the ...
This list explores ten of his most compelling works, showcasing the genius of a director who, through his art, challenged conventions and pushed cinematic boundaries. Without further ado, let's take a look at the ten best Kenji Mizoguchi films of all time.
Kenji Mizoguchi. Director: Ugetsu. Coming from a lower class family Mizoguchi entered the production company Nikkatsu as an actor specialized in female roles. Later he became an assistant director and made his first film in 1922.
May 12, 2024 · Mizoguchi Kenji (born May 16, 1898, Tokyo, Japan—died Aug. 24, 1956, Kyōto) was a Japanese motion-picture director whose pictorially beautiful films dealt with the nature of reality, the conflict between modern and traditional values, and the redeeming quality of a woman’s love.
May 2, 2014 · Kenji Mizoguchi is a filmmaker of astonishing contrasts—one of the most furious and fiercely critical political filmmakers of all time.
Kenji Mizoguchi’s sublime cinema of doomed lovers and self-martyring women often mirrored his tortured soul and tumultuous life. His artistic beginnings and romantic exploits read like something out of a trashy pulp novel.
Jul 13, 2013 · When director Kenji Mizoguchi died of leukemia in 1956 he was 58 and a leading figure in world cinema, championed by members of the French New Wave, and the recipient of major prizes at the...
