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Kenji Mizoguchi
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Director, Screenwriter Born: May 16, 1898 in Tokyo, Japan Death: August 24, 1956 in Kyoto, Japan Biography:"Kenji Mizoguchi" entered the film world as a promoter of Western novelty in Japanese cinema and exited it as an acclaimed international director who exemplified Japan at its most traditional. After "The Life of Oharu" and "Ugetsu" won prizes in successive Venice Film Festivals in the early '50s, Mizoguchi became an icon for the nascent French New Wave. His mastery of mise-en-scène was lauded by "Jacques Rivette", while "Jean-Luc Godard" praised his metaphysics and his stylistic elegance, at the same time deriding "Akira Kurosawa" as a second-rate talent. Mizoguchi is still recognized as one of the 20th century's greatest filmmakers.
Born in Tokyo, in 1898, Mizoguchi was the middle child of a roofer/carpenter. His family's financial situation went from modest to desperate when his erratic, dreamer father (who was the model for the heroine's father in "Osaka Elegy") tried to make a killing by... Full Biography
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