Actor

Kenji Mizoguchi

Directing

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Acting credits

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TMDB popularity

1.4

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Movies: 48Series: 0Crew credits: 46

TMDB ID: 97202

IMDb ID: nm0003226

Known for: Directing

Born: May 16, 1898

Died: August 24, 1956

Age: 58

Place of birth: Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1923 - 2021

Years active: 99

Average TMDB rating: 7.3

Wikidata: Q55401

Also known as

溝口健二 • 미조구치 켄지 • 겐지 미조구치 • 켄지 미조구치

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Director (42)Co-Director (1)Compositor (1)Original Story (1)Story (1)

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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."