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.[1][2][3] His most acclaimed works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954),[4][5] with the latter three all being awarded at the Venice International Film Festival. A recurring theme of his films was the oppression of women in historical and contemporary Japan.[2][3][6] Together with Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu, Mizoguchi is seen as a representative of the "golden age" of Japanese cinema.[7]
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KenjiMizoguchi (溝口 健二, MizoguchiKenji, 16 May 1898 – 24 August 1956) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career...
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(1936)—Dir. KenjiMizoguchi The Life of Oharu (Saikaku Ichidai Onna (西鶴一代女)) (1952)—Dir. KenjiMizoguchi A Geisha (Gion bayashi (祇園囃子)) (1953)—Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi...
career which spanned 45 years, starring in works by Akira Kurosawa, KenjiMizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and others. Film historian Donald Richie...
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Elegy") is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by KenjiMizoguchi. It forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's Sisters of the Gion which shares much of the same...
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the Late Chrysanthemums, is a 1939 Japanese drama film directed by KenjiMizoguchi. Based on a short story by Shōfu Muramatsu, it follows an onnagata...
complete spectrum of genres. Some critics class him with Akira Kurosawa, KenjiMizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu as one of the masters of Japanese cinema. The Kon...
A Story from Chikamatsu, is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by KenjiMizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 1715 bunraku play Daikyōji...
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