Kenji Mizoguchi

maj 1898 – 24. august 1956) bio je japanski filmski režiser i scenarist, koji se smatra jednim od najznačajnih autora japanske i svjetske kinematografije u 20. vijeku. Specijalnost su mu bile socijalne drame, kao i vješto korištenje dugih kadrova, koje mu je donijelo priznanje ne samo u domovini, nego u svijetu.

Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	(1898-05-16)16. 5. 1898. Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
Smrt	24. 8. 1956. (dob: 58) Kyoto, Japan
Pseudonim	Goteken
Profesionalne informacije
Zanimanje	filmski režiser, scenarist, montažer
Opus
Djelatni period	1923–1956
Nagrade Srebrni lav 1953 Ugetsu
Inspiracija
Na Akira Kurosawa Orson Welles Jean-Luc Goddard Andrej Tarkovski

• 1923 813 (The Adventures of Arsène Lupin)
• 1923 Blood and Soul (Chi to Rei)
• 1923 Dreams of Youth (Seishun no Yumeji)
• 1923 Foggy Harbour (Kiri no Minato)
• 1923 Harbour of Desire (Joen no Chimata)
• 1923 In the Ruins (Haikyo no Naka)
• 1923 Song of Failure (Haisan no Uta wa Kanashi)
• 1923 The Night (Yoru)
• 1924 Chronicle of the Rainy Season (Samidare Zoshi)
• 1924 Death at Dawn (Aka Tsuki no Shi)
• 1924 Queen of Modern Times (Gendai no Jo)
• 1924 Queen of the Circus (Kyokubadan no Jo)
• 1924 Song of the Mountain Pass (Toge no Uta)
• 1924 Strong is the Female (Jose wa Tsuyoshi)
• 1924 The Sad Idiot (Kanashiki Hakuchi)
• 1924 This Dusty World (Jin-Kyo)
• 1924 Turkeys in a Row/The Trace of a Turkey (Shichimencho no Yukue)
• 1924 Woman of Pleasure (Kanraku no Onna)
• 1925 A Sketch on the Road/Street Scenes (Gaijo no Sukechi)
• 1925 General Nogi and Kuma-San (Nogi Taisho to Kuma-San)
• 1925 No Money, No Fight (Musen Fusen)
• 1925 Out of College (Gakuso o Idete)
• 1925 Song of Home (Furusato no Uta)
• 1925 The Earth Smiles (Daichi wa Hohoemu)
• 1925 The Human Being (Ningen)
• 1925 The White Lily Laments (Shirayuki wa Nageku)
• 1925 Under the Crimson Sunset (Akai Yuki ni Terasarete)
• 1926 A Paper Doll’s Whisper of Spring (Kami-Ning-Yo Haru No Sasayaki)
• 1926 It’s My Fault New Version (Shin Onoga Tsumi)
• 1926 Kin
• 1926 Passion of a Woman Teacher (Kyoren no Onna Shisho)
• 1926 The Boy From the Sea (Kaikoku Danji)
• 1926 The Copper Coin King (Doka-O)
• 1927 The Cuckoo New Version (Jihi Shincho)
• 1927 The Imperial Grace (Ko-On)
• 1928 A Man’s Life (Hito no Issho)
• 1928 My Loving Daughter (Musume Kawaiya)
• 1929 Bridge of Japan (Nihonbashi)
• 1929 Metropolitan Symphony (Tokai Kokyogaku)
• 1929 The Morning Sun Shines (朝日は輝く Asahi wa kagayaku)
• 1929 Tokyo March (東京行進曲 Tōkyō kōshin-kyoku)
• 1930 Hometown (Furusato)
• 1930 Tojin Okichi (唐人お吉 Tōjin Okichi)
• 1931 And Yet They Go On (Shikamo Karera wa Yuku)
• 1932 Dawn in Manchuria/The Dawn of the Founding of Manchuko and Mongolia
• 1932 The Man of the Moment/Timely Mediator (Toki no Ujigami)
• 1933 Cascading White Threads/White Threads of the Waterfall (Taki no Shiraito)
• 1933 Gion Festival (Gion Matsuri)
• 1933 The Shimpu Group (Shimpu-Ren)
• 1933 The Water Magician (滝の白糸 Taki no Shiraito)
• 1934 Aizō Tōge (愛憎峠 "The Mountain Pass of Love and Hate"), a lost film.
• 1935 Oyuki the Virgin (Maria no Oyuki)
• 1935 The Downfall of Osen (折鶴お千 Orizuru Osen)
• 1935 The Poppy (Gubijin-so)
• 1936 Naniwa Elegy aka Osaka Elegy (浪華悲歌 Naniwa hika or Naniwa erejī)
• 1936 Sisters of the Gion (祇園の姉妹 Gion no kyōdai)
• 1937 Straits of Love and Hate (愛怨峡 Aien kyō)
• 1938 Song of the Camp (Roei no Uta)
• 1939 The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (残菊物語 Zangiku monogatari)
• 1940 A Woman of Osaka (Naniwa Onna)
• 1941 The 47 Ronin aka The Loyal 47 Ronin of the Genroku Era (元禄忠臣蔵 Genroku chūshingura)
• 1941 The Life of an Actor (Geido Ichidai Otoko)
• 1944 Miyamoto Musashi　(宮本武蔵)
• 1944 The Swordsman (Miyamoto Musashi)
• 1944 Three Generations of Danjuro (Danjuro Sandai)
• 1945 The Famous Sword Bijomaru (名刀美女丸 Meitō Bijomaru)
• 1945 Victory Song (Hisshoka) Dir: Masahiro Makino and Hiroshi Shimizu (Mizoguchi directed opening sequence only)
• 1946 Utamaro and His Five Women aka Five Women Around Utamaro (歌麿をめぐる五人の女 Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna)
• 1946 Victory of Women (Josei no Shori)
• 1947 The Love of the Actress Sumako (女優須磨子の恋 Joyū Sumako no koi)
• 1948 Women of the Night (夜の女たち Yoru no onnatachi)
• 1949 My Love Burns (わが恋は燃えぬ Waga koi wa moenu)
• 1950 Portrait of Madame Yuki aka A Picture of Madame Yuki (雪夫人絵図 Yuki fujin ezu)
• 1951 Miss Oyu (お遊さま Oyū-sama)
• 1951 The Lady of Musashino aka Lady Musashino (武蔵野夫人 Musashino fujin)
• 1952 The Life of Oharu (西鶴一代女 Saikaku ichidai onna)
• 1953 A Geisha aka Gion Music Festival (祇園囃子 Gion bayashi)
• 1953 Ugetsu (雨月物語 Ugetsu monogatari)
• 1954 Sansho the Bailiff (山椒大夫 Sanshō dayū)
• 1954 The Crucified Lovers aka A Story by Chikamatsu (近松物語 Chikamatsu monogatari)
• 1954 The Woman in the Rumor aka The Crucified Woman (噂の女 Uwasa no onna)
• 1955 Tales of the Taira Clan (Shin Heike Monogatari)
• 1955 Princess Yang Kwei-Fei (Yokihi)
• 1956 Street of Shame (Akasen Chitai)