Kenji Mizoguchi

Portraits (2)
UGETSU MONOGATARI (1953) (1)
AKASEN CHITAI (1956) (1)
Stills (2)

Highlighted works

This sweeping historical tragedy about two children separated from their parents and sold into slavery continued a run of late masterpieces from Kenji Mizoguchi.

UGETSU MONOGATARI

In war-torn 16th-century Japan, two men leave their wives to seek wealth and glory in Kenji Mizoguchi’s tragic supernatural classic.

ZANGIKU MONOGATARI

Romance / Drama

A 19th-century kabuki theatre is the setting for this early Kenji Mizoguchi masterpiece about a woman’s selfless sacrifice for her mediocre actor husband.

Filmography

1923

HAIZAN NO UTA WA KANASHI Director

1924

JIN-KYO Director

1926

KAMI-NING-YO HARU NO SASAYAKI Director

1927

JIHI SHINCHO Director

1929

TOKYO KOSHIN KYOKU Director
NIHON BASHI Director

1930

FURUSATO Director

1933

TAKI NO SHIRAITO Director

1935

MARIA NO OYUKI Director
GUBIJINSO Director
ORIZURU OSEN Director

1936

NANIWA EREJI Director
GION NO SHIMAI Director
Screenplay

1937

AIEN-KYO Director
Screenplay

1939

ZANGIKU MONOGATARI Director

1941

GENROKU CHUSHINGURA 1 Director

1942

GENROKU CHUSHINGURA 2 Director

1944

MIYAMOTO MUSASHI Director

1945

MEITO BIJOMARU Director

1946

UTAMARO O MEGURU GONIN NO ONNA Director
JOSEI NO SHORI Director

1947

JOYU SUMAKO NO KOI Director

1948

YORU NO ONNATACHI Director

1949

WAGA KOI WA MOENU Director

1950

YUKI FUJIN EZU Director

1951

MUSASHINO FUJIN Director
OYU-SAMA Director

1952

SAIKAKU ICHIDAI ONNA Director

1953

GION BAYASHI Director
UGETSU MONOGATARI Director

1954

UWASA NO ONNA Director
Sansho Dayu Director
CHIKAMATSU MONOGATARI Director

1955

YOKIHI Director
SHIN HEIKE MONOGATARI Director
CHIYARI FUJI Associate Producer

1956

AKASEN CHITAI Director

1957

Osaka monogatari Story