Kenji Mizoguchi

    Director, Writer, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

    Birthdate: May 16, 1898

    Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

    Died: Aug 24, 1956

    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. Although he filmed almost 90 movies in the silent era, only his last 12 productions are really known outside of Japan because they were especially produced for Venice (e.g The Life of Oharu (1952) or Sansho the Bailiff (1954). He only filmed two productions in color: Yôkihi (1955) and Taira Clan Saga (1955).

    Known For

    The Life of Oharu
    The Life of Oharu

    (1952)

    Sansho the Bailiff
    Sansho the Bailiff

    (1954)

    A Story from Chikamatsu
    A Story from Chikamatsu

    (1954)

    Kenji Mizoguchi Movies

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    • 2017 |

      Ugetsu

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    Previous (95)

    • 1957 |
      An Osaka Story
    • 1956 |
      Sisters of Gion
    • 1956 |
      Street of Shame
    • 1955 |
      Princess Yang Kwei-fei
    • 1955 |
      Taira Clan Saga
    • 1954 |
      A Story from Chikamatsu
    • 1954 |
      Sansho the Bailiff
    • 1954 |
      The Woman of Rumour
    • 1953 |
      A Geisha
    • 1952 |
      The Life of Oharu
    • 1951 |
      Miss Oyu
    • 1951 |
      The Lady of Musashino
    • 1950 |
      Portrait of Madame Yuki
    • 1949 |
      Flame of My Love
    • 1948 |
      Women of the Night
    • 1947 |
      The Love of Sumako the Actress
    • 1946 |
      Utamaro and His Five Women
    • 1946 |
      Victory of Women
    • 1945 |
      The Famous Sword Bijomaru
    • 1945 |
      Victory Song
    • 1944 |
      Danjuro sandai
    • 1944 |
      Miyamoto Musashi
    • 1941 |
      The 47 Ronin
    • 1941 |
      The Life of an Actor
    • 1940 |
      Osaka Woman
    • 1939 |
      The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
    • 1938 |
      Ah, My Home Town
    • 1938 |
      The Song of the Camp
    • 1937 |
      The Straits of Love and Hate
    • 1936 |
      Osaka Elegy
    • 1936 |
      Sisters of the Gion
    • 1935 |
      Ojô Okichi
    • 1935 |
      Oyuki the Virgin
    • 1935 |
      Poppy
    • 1935 |
      The Downfall of Osen
    • 1934 |
      The Jinpu Group
    • 1934 |
      The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate
    • 1933 |
      Gion matsuri
    • 1933 |
      The Water Magician
    • 1932 |
      The Dawn of Mongolia
    • 1932 |
      Toki no ujigami
    • 1931 |
      Shikamo karera wa yuku
    • 1930 |
      Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato
    • 1930 |
      Tôjin Okichi
    • 1929 |
      Nihonbashi
    • 1929 |
      Tokai kokyogaku
    • 1929 |
      Tôkyô kôshinkyoku
    • 1928 |
      Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ichi-bu Kako hen
    • 1928 |
      Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ni-bu Gendai hen
    • 1928 |
      Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-san-bu Kuso hen
    • 1928 |
      Hito no isshô - Jinsei banji kane no maki: Dai ippen
    • 1928 |
      Hito no isshô - Kuma to tora saikai no maki: Dai sampen
    • 1928 |
      Hito no isshô - Ukiyo wa tsurai ne no maki: Dai nihen
    • 1928 |
      Musume kawaiya
    • 1927 |
      Kôon
    • 1926 |
      Furusato no uta
    • 1926 |
      Kaikoku danji
    • 1926 |
      Kaminingyô no haru no sasayaki
    • 1926 |
      Kane
    • 1926 |
      Shinsetsu ono ga tsumi
    • 1926 |
      The Passion of a Woman Teacher
    • 1925 |
      Akai yûhi ni terasarete
    • 1925 |
      Daichi wa hohoemu daiippen
    • 1925 |
      Gakuso wo idete
    • 1925 |
      Musen Fusen Uchien Puchan
    • 1925 |
      Ningen
    • 1925 |
      Ningen: kôhen
    • 1925 |
      Ningen: zenpen
    • 1925 |
      Nogi shôgun to Kuma-san
    • 1925 |
      Shirayuri wa nageku
    • 1925 |
      Â tokumukan Kantô
    • 1924 |
      Akatsuki no shi
    • 1924 |
      Gendai no joo
    • 1924 |
      Itô junsa no shi
    • 1924 |
      Jinkyo
    • 1924 |
      Josei wa tsuyoshi
    • 1924 |
      Kanashiki hakuchi
    • 1924 |
      Kanraku no onna
    • 1924 |
      Koi o tatsu ono
    • 1924 |
      Kyokubadan no joô
    • 1924 |
      Samidare sôshi
    • 1924 |
      Shichimenchô no yukue
    • 1923 |
      Ai ni yomigaeru hi
    • 1923 |
      Chî to reî
    • 1923 |
      Hachi ichi san
    • 1923 |
      Haikyo no naka
    • 1923 |
      Haizan no uta wa kanashi
    • 1923 |
      Jôen no chimata
    • 1923 |
      Kiri no minato
    • 1923 |
      Kokyô
    • 1923 |
      Seishun no yumeji
    • 1923 |
      Toge no uta
    • 1923 |
      Yoru
    • 1923 |
      Yorû utsukushikî akumâ
    • 1923 |
      Yorû yami no sasayakî
    Kenji Mizoguchi: Biography, Movies, Net Worth & Photos