Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) graduated from art school, then went to work for a Kobe newspaper. He started his film career as an actor at Nikkatsu. Mr. Mizoguchi's film, Sansho the Bailiff (1954) tied with Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai for the Silver Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.

Kenji Mizoguchi

filmography

Kenji Mizoguchi directed the following movies:

Street of Shame (1956)

Starring: Machiko Kyo, Aiko Mimasu

Princess Yang Kwei Fei (1955)

Starring: Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori

Shin Heike Monogatari (1955)

Starring: Raizo Ichikawa, Ichijiro Oya

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Starring: Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa

Ugetsu (1953)

Starring: Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori

A Geisha (1953)

Starring: Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao

Life of Oharu (1952)

Starring: Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshiro Mifune

Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)

Starring: Minnosuki Bando, Kinuyo Tanaka

47 Ronin, Part 1 & 2 (1942)

Starring: Chojuro Kawarazaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi

The Story of the Last Chyrsanthemum (1939)

Starring: Shotaro Hanayagi, Kakuo Mori

The Sisters of the Gion (1936)

Starring: Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura

Osaka Elegy (1936)

Starring: Isuzu Yamada, Kensaku Hara

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