Mizoguchi Kenji
Selective Filmography:
1935: The Downfall of Osen
1936: Sisters of the Gion
1936: A Woman of Osaka
1939: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums
1946: Utamaro and his Five women
1947: The Love of the actress Sumako
1948: Women of the Night
1951: Miss Oyu
1953: Sansho the Bailiff
1953: A Geisha
1053: Ugetsu
1954: The Crucified Lovers
1955: Princess Yang Kwei-fei
1956: Street of Shame
Selection:
Mizoguchi Kenji was born in 1898 in Tokyo in very poor conditions. His family survives only because his older sister became a geisha. He starts as an assistant director before directing his debut feature in 1922. Most of his first silent movies are novel adaptations. Most of his first movies have been destroyed over the years. Starting 1936, he starts directing a series of masterpieces, which gains him International recognition.
