- Born
- May 16, 1898
- Died
- August 24, 1956 (aged 58)
- Place of birth
- Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 溝口 健二, 미조구치 켄지, 겐지 미조구치, 켄지 미조구치
Biography
Kenji Mizoguchi (16 May 1898 – 24 August 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 by the power, refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering.