Kenji Mizoguchi
Known For: Directing
- Born
- May 16, 1898
- Died
- August 24, 1956 (58.27397260274 years old)
- Place of Birth
- Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
- External Links
- IMDB
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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