Kenji Mizoguchi

Personal information

Known for: Directing
Known credits: 58
Gender: Male
Born: May 16, 1898
Died: August 24, 1956
Place of birth: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Also known as: 溝口健二미조구치 켄지겐지 미조구치켄지 미조구치

Biography

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."

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