Kenji Mizoguchi

Kenji Mizoguchi was born on 16 May 1898 in Tokyo, in the Hongō district. After studying Western painting, he joined Nikkatsu as an assistant in 1920 and made his first film in 1923. He made the long take his manner, and most of his films speak of the oppression of women, in the Japan of the past as in that of his own time, which is why he is ranked among the masters of the women's film. He died in Kyoto on 24 August 1956.

In the catalogue 2

• CinemaThe Life of Oharu西鶴一代女Kenji Mizoguchi · 1952Cinema
• CinemaUgetsu雨月物語Kenji Mizoguchi · 1953Cinema