Kenji Mizoguchi

Known For
Directing

Popular
6.891

Birthday
1898-05-16

Place of Birth
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

  • 溝口 健二
  • 미조구치 켄지
  • Кэндзи Мидзогути
  • 미조구치 겐지
  • 겐지 미조구치
  • 켄지 미조구치

Kenji Mizoguchi

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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Mizoguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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