Mizoguchi the master

Document author(s):

Akira Kurosawa, James Dudley Andrew, and Peter Grilli

Document source:

Japan Film Center

Publication date:

1981 May 01

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

Document name subject:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Document contains:

bibliography, box info, filmography, and production co

Related films:

Furusato no uta (The song of home) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1925
Tokyo koshin-kyoku (Tokyo march) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1929
Fujiwara Yoshie no Furusato (Home town) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1930
Taki no Shiraito (The water magician) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1933
Maria no oyuki (Oyuki the madonna) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1935
Orizuru Osen (The downfall of Osen) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1935
Gubijinsô (Poppy) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1935
Naniwa erejî (Osaka elegy) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1936
Gion no shimai (Sisters of the Gion) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1936
Zangiku monogatari (The story of the last chrysanthemums) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1939
Genroku chushingura (The loyal forty-seven ronin of the genroku era) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1942
Miyamoto Musashi (Musashi Miyamoto) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1944
Meito Bijomaru (The famous sword Bijomaru) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1945
Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna (Utamaro and his five women) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1946
Josei no shôri (The victory of women) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1946
Joyû Sumako no koi (The love of Sumako the actress) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1947
Yoru no onnatachi (Women of the night) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1948
Waga koi wa moenu (My love has been burning) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1949
Yuki fujin ezu (A picture of Madame Yuki) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1950
Musashino fujin (Lady Musashino) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1951
Oyû-sama (Miss Oyu) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1951
Saikaku ichidai onna (The life of Oharu) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1952
Ugetsu monogatari (Ugetsu) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1953
Gion bayashi (A geisha) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1953
Sanshô dayû (Sansho the bailiff) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1954
Uwasa no onna (A woman of rumor) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1954
Shin Heike monogatari (The Taira Clan saga) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1955
Yôkihi (Princess Yang Kwei-Fei) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan; Hong Kong — 1955
Chikamatsu monogatari (A story from chikamatsu) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1955
Akasen chitai (Street of shame) — Mizoguchi, Kenji — Japan — 1956
Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai (Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director) — Shindo, Kaneto — Japan — 1974

Film country(ies):

Hong Kong and Japan

Film language(s):

Japanese

Film production company:

Daiei Motion Picture Co. Ltd., Irie, Japan. Ministry of Education, Kansai Education Division, Koi Productions, Nikkatsu-Mukôjima, Shintoho Company Ltd., Shochiku Kabushiki Kaisha, Takimura Productions, and Toho Kabushiki Kaisha

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Adventure, Biographical, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Fallen woman, Family, Fantasy, Feature, Historical, Legal, Martial arts, Maternal melodrama, Melodrama, Political, Romance, Short, Social problem, Thriller, Women, and Youth

Film subject(s):