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Kenji Mizoguchi
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Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956)
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Kenji Mizoguchi (1898–1956) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Born in Asakusa, Tokyo, he worked primarily in Japan and wrote in Japanese. His notable works include *Osaka Elegy*, *Ugetsu*, *The Life of Oharu*, and *The Crucified Lovers*.
Mizoguchi received the Silver Lion and the Golden Lion awards. He is recognized in the Golden Lion collection. He died of leukemia in Kyoto on August 24, 1956. His death was due to natural causes.
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Film & TV
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
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…
Known for
- Kenji Mizoguchi, le cinéaste à la cicatrice dans le dos — Self (archive footage)2021
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director — Self1975
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1898-05-16 ) 16 May 1898, Hongō, Tokyo , Empire of Japan
- Died
- 24 August 1956 (1956-08-24) (aged 58), Kyoto , Japan
- Occupations
- Film director, screenwriter
- Years active
- 1923–1956
- Notable work
- The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939) The Life of Oharu (1952) Ugetsu (1953) Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
- Spouse
- Chieko Saga ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1927 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kenji
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Tokyo
- Place of death
- Kyoto
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Award
- Golden Lion
- Notable work
- Sisters of the Gion
- Field of work
- film direction
- Image
- Kenji Mizoguchi 3.jpg
- Work location
- Japan
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- Commons category
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1898-05-16
- date of death
- 1956-08-24
- name in kana
- みぞぐち けんじ
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- 溝口健二
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
- ethnic group
- Japanese people
- writing language
- Japanese
- Commons Creator page
- Kenji Mizoguchi
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Encyclopedic overview
Kenji Mizoguchi travelling through Europe, 1953
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 between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), with the latter three all being awarded at the Venice International Film Festival. A recurring theme of his films was the oppression of women in historical and contemporary Japan. Together with Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu, Mizoguchi is seen as a representative of the "golden age" of Japanese cinema.
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