FILM DIRECTOR

Kenji Mizoguchi

1898 - 1956

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenji Mizoguchi is the 121st most popular film director (down from 112th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Japan (down from 109th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Film Director.

Kenji Mizoguchi is most famous for his films, which are known for their long takes and poetic imagery.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 121 out of 2,041. Before him are John Woo, Jules Dassin, William Hanna, Wes Craven, Michael Curtiz, and Sam Peckinpah. After him are Peter Jackson, Victor Fleming, Claude Lelouch, René Clément, Giuseppe Tornatore, and Max Reinhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 41. Before him are Curzio Malaparte, Willy Messerschmitt, Joseph Murphy, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Aloysius Stepinac, and Peng Dehuai. After him are Lionel Robbins, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Héctor Scarone, Konrad Henlein, Fritz Zwicky, and Howard Florey. Among people deceased in 1956, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 27. Before him are Bolesław Bierut, Reinhold Glière, Alexander Rodchenko, Émile Borel, Ernest King, and Josef Hoffmann. After him are H. L. Mencken, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Anastasio Somoza García, Wilhelm Miklas, Alexander Dovzhenko, and Walter Sydney Adams.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 128 out of 6,245. Before him are Kakuichi Mimura (1931), Emperor Go-Daigo (1288), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Jiro Horikoshi (1903), Emperor Kōan (-427), and Ko Yong-hui (1952). After him are Ko Arima (1917), Emperor Reigen (1654), Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (1886), Yukio Tsuda (1917), Masao Ono (1923), and Issei Sagawa (1949).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Japan

Among film directors born in Japan, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 6. Before him are Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Akira Kurosawa (1910), Isao Takahata (1935), Takeshi Kitano (1947), and Yasujirō Ozu (1903). After him are Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Nagisa Oshima (1932), Shohei Imamura (1926), Mamoru Oshii (1951), and Hideaki Anno (1960).

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