Kenji Mizoguchi
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.
Sansho the Bailiff
(Director)
Chikamatsu Monogatari
(Director)
Ugetsu
(Director)
Tokyo March
(Director)
Street of Shame
(Director)
The Life of Oharu
(Writer)
The Life of Oharu
(Director)
Miss Oyu
(Director)
Portrait of Madame Yuki
(Director)
The Love of the Actress Sumako
(Director)
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
(Director)
Osaka Elegy
(Director)
Osaka Elegy
(Story)
Oyuki the Virgin
(Director)
The Morning Sun Shines
(Director)
A Geisha
(Director)
The Woman in the Rumor
(Director)
The 47 Ronin
(Director)
The Lady of Musashino
(Director)
Taira Clan Saga
(Director)
Osaka Woman
(Writer)
A Man of the Arts
(Director)
Osaka Woman
(Director)
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
(Director)
Sisters of the Gion
(Director)
Sisters of the Gion
(Writer)
Women of the Night
(Director)
Miyamoto Musashi
(Director)
Utamaro and His Five Women
(Director)
Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown
(Director)
Flame of My Love
(Director)
Miss Okichi
(Co-Director)
The Downfall of Osen
(Director)
The Sword
(Director)
Foggy Harbour
(Director)
Poppy
(Director)
Ah, My Hometown
(Director)
Song of Home
(Director)
Blood and Soul
(Director)
The Water Magician
(Director)
The Straits of Love and Hate
(Director)
Mistress of a Foreigner
(Director)
Victory of Women
(Director)
And Yet They Go On
(Director)
The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
(Director)
A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring
(Director)
Metropolitan Symphony
(Director)
The Passion of a Woman Teacher
(Director)
晴小袖
(Compositor)
Sisters of Gion
(Original Story)
Jihishincho
(Director)
Victory Song
(Director)
The Feast of Gion
(Director)
The Feast of Gion
(Writer)
The Day Love Came Back
(Director)
An Osaka Story
(Story)
The Homeland
(Director)
The Homeland
(Writer)
The Life of Oharu
(Producer)
The Dawn of Manchuria and Mongolia
(Director)
The Straits of Love and Hate
(Writer)
Smiling Earth
(Director)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
(Director)
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin
(Screenplay)