Personal Info
- Known ForDirecting
- GenderMale
- Birthday1898-05-16
- Day of Death1956-08-24 (58 years)
- Place of BirthAsakusa, Tokyo, Japan
- Also Known As溝口 健二미조구치 켄지Кэндзи Мидзогути미조구치 겐지겐지 미조구치켄지 미조구치
Kenji Mizoguchi
Biography
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...Read More