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Kenji Mizoguchi

Director, Actor

Films to Rent on DVD

 
Sisters of the GionSisters of the Gion (1936)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura
An early feminist film from director Kenji Mizoguchi, focusing on two geisha sisters – one of whom enters into a codependent relationship with…
Osaka ElegyOsaka Elegy (1936)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura
A counterpart to Mizoguchi's other 1936 film SISTERS OF THE GION, featuring some of the same cast and crew and again focusing on the hardships faced…
Story of the Last Chrysanthemums, TheStory of the Last Chrysanthemums, The (1939)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Shôtarô Hanayagi
The story of an aspiring kabuki actor in late 19th–century Japan, and the woman who loves and supports him at a great cost to herself. A…
Loyal 47 Ronin, TheLoyal 47 Ronin, The (47 Ronin) (1941)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Yoshizaburo Arashi
Sombre rendition of a famous Japanese legend that's both quietly dignified and overtly nationalistic, tooled as propaganda during the height of…
Utamaro and His Five WomenUtamaro and His Five Women (1946)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Minosuke Bando, Kinuyo Tanaka
Biographical drama about the 18th century printmaker Kitagawa Utamaro, and the women (mostly brothel workers) who inspired his work.
Ugetsu MonogatariUgetsu Monogatari (1953) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka
Stories by the 18th century writer Akinari Ueda are woven into an odyssey of civil–war misfortune, in which two peasant–potters and their…
Sansho DayuSansho Dayu (Sansho the Bailiff) (1954) Recommended
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa…
One of Mizoguchi's great classics, based on an 11th century Japanese folktale elaborated into a sprawling vision of a cruel, mysterious cosmos, where…
Uwasa no onnaUwasa no onna (Her Mother's Profession, The Woman in the Rumour) (1954)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga
Dir. Mizoguchi's longtime muse, Kinuyo Tanaka, plays the madame of a geisha house who falls prey to rumour when both herself and her daughter become…
Crucified Lovers, TheCrucified Lovers, The (Chikamatsu Monogatari) (1954)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo
Powerful, Bunraku–inspired tragidrama of adulterous lovers whose illicit romance is doomed in Feudal, 17th century Japan. Essential Mizoguchi.
YokihiYokihi (Empress Yang Kwei-Fei) (1955)
Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori
Mizoguchi’s rare colour turn, a lush, poignant ancient fable centred on a commoner maid who marries an emperor, only to be destined for sacrifice.

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