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...
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musician Mizoguchi Hidekatsu (溝口 秀勝, 1548–1610), Japanese samurai and daimyō Kazuhiro Mizoguchi, javelin thrower Kenji Mizoguchi, filmmaker Koji Mizoguchi (born...
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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (ある映画監督の生涯 溝口健二の記録, Aru Eiga-kantoku no Shōgai Mizoguchi Kenji no Kiroku) is a 1975 Japanese documentary...
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acting credits, but was best known for her 15 films with director Kenji Mizoguchi, such as The Life of Oharu (1952) and Ugetsu (1953). With her 1953...
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Ugetsu (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
"Rain-moon tales") is a 1953 Japanese period fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on the stories...
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Women of the Night (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
(夜の女たち, Yoru no onna-tachi) is a 1948 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Kinuyo Tanaka. In early post-war Osaka, three women - war...
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and A Last Note. His screenplays were filmed by directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Seijun Suzuki...
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children's literature Kenji Mizoguchi (健二, 1898–1956), Japanese film director Kenji Nagai (健司, 1957–2007), Japanese photographer Kenji Nagasaki (長崎健司), Japanese...
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The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
the Late Chrysanthemums, is a 1939 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Based on a short story by Shōfu Muramatsu, it follows an onnagata...
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A Geisha (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
Music (祇園囃子, Gion Bayashi) is a 1953 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, centred on the geisha milieu in post-war Gion, Kyoto. It is based...
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Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口 健二 Mizoguchi Retrospective Ugetsu / 雨月物語 (1953) by Mizoguchi Kenji / 溝口 健二 Sansho the Bailiff / 山椒大夫 (1954) by Mizoguchi Kenji /...
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opposition to the "official" version as depicted in the films of Ozu, Mizoguchi Kenji, and late career Kurosawa. He also co-wrote the screenplay to Kawashima's...
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The Life of Oharu (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
of a woman") is a 1952 Japanese historical drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The screenplay by Yoshikata Yoda is based on various stories from...
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Kenji Mizoguchi, Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director. Daichi wa hohoemu (1925) Orizuru Osen (1935) Shōgun (1941) (director) Kenji Mizoguchi:...
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The Idiot and The Bad Sleep Well. He also starred in pictures by Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), Mikio Naruse (Floating Clouds) and other prominent directors...
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Orizuru Osen (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
titled The Downfall of Osen, is a 1935 Japanese silent film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Isuzu Yamada. It is based on a short story by Kyōka Izumi...
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Princess Yang Kwei Fei (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was a co-production between Daiei Film and Shaw & Sons, Hong Kong (later Shaw Brothers). It is one of Mizoguchi's two colour...
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The Crucified Lovers (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
A Story from Chikamatsu, is a 1954 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It was adapted from Monzaemon Chikamatsu's 1715 bunraku play Daikyōji...
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The 47 Ronin (1941 film) (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
is a black-and-white two-part jidaigeki Japanese film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, adapted from a play by Seika Mayama. The first part was released on...
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Kaitaku no Hanayome, 1943). She worked closely with Japanese Director Kenji Mizoguchi and was credited as an Editor and/or Assistant Director for over 15...
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Osaka Elegy (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
Elegy") is a 1936 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's Sisters of the Gion which shares much of the same...
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Miss Oyu (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
Oyū-sama) is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is based on the 1932 novella The Reed Cutter (Ashikari) by Jun'ichirō...
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Street of Shame (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
district") is a 1956 Japanese drama film and the last film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The story, which revolves around a group of women of different backgrounds...
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Aizō Tōge (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
Mountain Pass of Love and Hate, is a 1934 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The screenplay was written by Matsutarō Kawaguchi, based on his own...
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spanning 70 years, she has worked with directors like Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu and Mikio Naruse, appearing in films such as Tokyo Story...
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The Water Magician (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
of the waterfall") is a 1933 Japanese silent drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. It is based on the story of the same name by Kyōka Izumi. Tomo, called...
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Sisters of the Gion (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi about two geisha sisters living in Kyoto's Gion district. It forms a diptych with Mizoguchi's Osaka Elegy which shares...
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Mansaku Itami. His first substantial film role was as a detective in Mizoguchi Kenji's 1936 Osaka Elegy (Naniwa erejii; 浪華悲歌). The film which established...
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career which spanned 45 years, starring in works by Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujirō Ozu, Mikio Naruse, and others. Film historian Donald Richie...
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Portrait of Madame Yuki (category Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi)
Picture of Madame Yuki, is a 1950 Japanese drama film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. The story is seen through the eyes of a star struck new maid. Yuki...
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