Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

May 16, 1898

Died

August 24, 1956 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Also Known As

溝口健二
미조구치 켄지
겐지 미조구치
켄지 미조구치

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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."

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