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 by the power, refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering." Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Mizoguchi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Crucified Lovers
Ugetsu
Sansho the Bailiff
Tokyo March
Street of Shame
The Life of Oharu
Osaka Elegy
The Morning Sun Shines
A Geisha
The Woman in the Rumor
The Lady of Musashino
Miss Oyu
Portrait of Madame Yuki
The Love of the Actress Sumako
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
The 47 Ronin
Oyuki the Virgin
Sisters of the Gion
Women of the Night
Miyamoto Musashi
