Movies by Director - Kenji Mizoguchi (99 [Missing: 69]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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Hachi ichi sanNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Ai ni yomigaeru hiNA | 1923 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Chî to reîNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Haikyo no nakaNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Haizan no uta wa kanashiNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Jôen no chimataNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Kiri no minatoNA | 1923 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
KokyôNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Seishun no yumejiNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Toge no utaNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
YoruNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Akatsuki no shiNA | 1924 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Gendai no jooNA | 1924 | | \N | | | Not Available |
JinkyoNA | 1924 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Josei wa tsuyoshiNA | 1924 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Kanashiki hakuchiNA | 1924 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Kanraku no onnaNA | 1924 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Kyokubadan no joôNA | 1924 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Samidare sôshiNA | 1924 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Shichimenchô no yukueNA | 1924 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
 tokumukan KantôNA | 1925 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Akai yûhi ni terasareteNA | 1925 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Daichi wa hohoemu daiippenNA | 1925 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Song of Home, The [Furusato no uta]As all his peers leave the countryside to study in Tokyo, Naotaro stays behind. | 1926 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 5.9 (126 votes) | 45 | 20211228 |
Shôhin eiga-shû: Machi no sketchNA | 1925 | | Short | | | Not Available |
Gakuso wo ideteNA | 1925 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Musen Fusen Uchien PuchanNA | 1925 | | \N | | | Not Available |
NingenNA | 1925 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Nogi shôgun to Kuma-sanNA | 1925 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Shirayuri wa nagekuNA | 1925 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Dôka-ôNA | 1926 | | Short | | | Not Available |
Kaikoku danjiNA | 1926 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Kaminingyô no haru no sasayakiNA | 1926 | | \N | | | Not Available |
KaneNA | 1926 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
The Passion of a Woman TeacherNA | 1926 | | Drama,Horror,Romance | | | Not Available |
Shinsetsu ono ga tsumiNA | 1926 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Jihi shinchôNA | 1927 | | Short | | | Not Available |
KôonNA | 1927 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Hito no isshô - Jinsei banji kane no maki: Dai ippenNA | 1928 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Musume kawaiyaNA | 1928 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Asahi wa kagayakuNA | 1929 | | Drama,Short | | | Not Available |
NihonbashiNA | 1929 | | Drama,Romance | | | Not Available |
Tokai kokyogakuNA | 1929 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Tokyo March [Tôkyô kôshinkyoku]A classic melodramatic love tragedy addressing social inequality in feudal Japan, depicted in Kenji Mizoguchi's typical style. The nostalgic scenes of 1920s Tokyo provides a valuable visual experience set against the background of th | 1929 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 6.6 (300 votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
Fujiwara Yoshie no furusatoNA | 1930 | | Drama,Romance | | | Not Available |
Tôjin OkichiNA | 1930 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Shikamo karera wa yukuNA | 1931 | | \N | | | Not Available |
The Dawn of MongoliaNA | 1932 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Toki no ujigamiNA | 1932 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Gion matsuriNA | 1933 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Cascading White Threads [Taki no shiraito]The tragic tale of a woman who despite doing good where she can gets punished by society. | 1933 | Kenji Mizoguchi, Takuaki Seiryô | Drama | 7.2 (422 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
The Mountain Pass of Love and HateNA | 1934 | | \N | | | Not Available |
The Jinpu GroupNA | 1934 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Poppy [Gubijinsô]Based on Soseki Natsume's 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to Munechika, a rising young diplomat. She has promised him | 1935 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 6.4 (216 votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
Oyuki, the Madonna [Maria no Oyuki]During a war in the 19th century, a village linked to rebellious forces is attacked by the government army, so a rich family decides to run away; two courtesans travel along them. | 1935 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,War | 6.6 (221 votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
Downfall of Osen, The [Orizuru Osen]In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Kumazawa mistreats Sokichi and Osen, while swindling some Buddhist monks out of their temple treasures. When Ku | 1935 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 7.0 (296 votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
Sisters Of The Gion [Gion no shima]Two geisha sisters lead a hard life in the Gion district of Kyoto. After one of them feels obliged to support a bankrupt businessman, the other sister sets up various schemes to get rid of him. | 1936 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 7.5 (2.6K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Osaka Elegy [Naniwa erejî]A young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family. | 1936 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Comedy,Drama | 7.2 (2.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
Straits of Love and Hate, The [Aien kyo]A young couple of lovers want to travel to Tokio to work and form a family there, but the parents of him want his son to regent their hotel. Finally, he does what his parents want him to, and her finds herself abandoned in the big ci | 1937 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 6.8 (203 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Ah, My Home TownNA | 1938 | | \N | | | Not Available |
The Song of the CampNA | 1938 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, The [Zangiku monogatari] The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloved's glory. | 1939 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Romance | 7.9 (3.6K votes) | 148 | 20211228 |
The Life of an ActorNA | 1941 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
47 Ronin, The [Genroku chûshingura]The legendary Forty-seven ronin plot to avenge the death of their lord, Asano Naganori, by killing Kira Yoshinaka, a shogunate official responsible for Asano being forced to commit seppuku. | 1941 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,History | 7.2 (2.7K votes) | 241 | 20240412 |
Danjuro sandaiNA | 1944 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Miyamoto MusashiShinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them swordsmanship to avenge their father's death. The killers of their father see the sister and brother practicing with Miyamoto, and so en | 1944 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 6.3 (234 votes) | 53 | 20211228 |
Victory SongNA | 1945 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Famous Sword Bijomaru, The [Meitô bijomaru]Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice swordmaker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Onoda breaks the sword while defending his lord which eventually leads to his death at the hands of Naito, when Naito demands to marry his daugh | 1945 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 6.6 (356 votes) | 65 | 20220419 |
Victory of Women, The [Josei no shôri]A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer, defends Mrs. Asakura, who suffocated her child in her grief after her husband died penniless following an industrial a | 1946 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 6.4 (139 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
Utamaro and His Five Women [Utamaro o meguru gonin no onna]Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him i | 1946 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 7.1 (1.3K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Love of Sumako the Actress, The [Joyû Sumako no koi]The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family to be with her, while trying to keep his Art Theatre solvent. | 1947 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 6.8 (289 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Women of the Night [Yoru no onnatachi]A mistress of a drug dealer in post-war Japan is shocked when she discovers that he is having an affair with her sister. | 1948 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 7.2 (1.3K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
Flame of My Love [Waga koi wa moenu]A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the go | 1949 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Romance | 7.3 (416 votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Portrait of Madame Yuki [Yuki fujin ezu]Young servant girl Hamako has just started working for her personal heroine, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, as she is introduced with a list of the Madame's personal problems. | 1950 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Romance | 7.1 (469 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Lady from Musashino, The [Musashino fujin]Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close. | 1951 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Romance | 7.3 (646 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Miss Oyu [Oyû-sama]Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective wife, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry because she has to raise her son as the head of her husband's family. Oyu convinces Shinnosuke | 1951 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Romance | 7.5 (1.6K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
Life of Oharu, The [Saikaku Ichidai Onna]Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society. | 1952 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 8.1 (6.8K votes) | 133 | 20211228 |
Geisha, A [Gion bayashi]A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive. | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 7.6 (2.1K votes) | 85 | 20220414 |
Ugetsu [Ugetsu monogatari]A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. | 1953 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Fantasy,War | 8.2 (22.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Chikamatsu MonogatariIshun is a wealthy, but unsympathetic, master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Romance,Thriller | 8.1 (4.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Sansho the BailiffIn medieval Japan, a compassionate governor is sent into exile. His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression. | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 8.4 (16K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
Woman of Rumour, The [Uwasa no onna]Hatsuko Umabuchi is a widow who runs a prosperous geisha house in present-day Kyoto. Her daughter Yukiko returns from Tokyo following a failed suicide attempt, after her lover found out about her mother's profession. Hatsuko is havin | 1954 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,Romance | 7.5 (1.2K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
Taira Clan Saga [Shin Heike monogatari]After his father is not rewarded for his military achievements, Taira Kiyomori rebels against the court and the monks who rule the country. He also falls in love with Tokiko and discovers unsettling revelations about his parentage. | 1955 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,History | 7.2 (996 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Princess Yang Kwei-fei [Yôkihi]In 8th-century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a close relati | 1955 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama,History,Romance | 7.2 (1.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Street of Shame [Akasen chitai]The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel. | 1956 | Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 7.8 (4.3K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
Osaka WomanNA | 1940 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ichi-bu Kako henNA | 1928 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-ni-bu Gendai henNA | 1928 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Chikyu wa mawaru: Dai-san-bu Kuso henNA | 1928 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Itô junsa no shiNA | 1924 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Hito no isshô - Ukiyo wa tsurai ne no maki: Dai nihenNA | 1928 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Hito no isshô - Kuma to tora saikai no maki: Dai sampenNA | 1928 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Koi o tatsu onoNA | 1924 | | Romance | | | Not Available |
Ojô Okichinan | 1935 | Tatsunosuke Takashima, Kenji Mizoguchi | Drama | 5.6 (19 votes) | 64 | 20230619 |
Ojô OkichiNA | 1935 | | | | | Not Available |
Ningen: kôhenNA | 1925 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
Ningen: zenpenNA | 1925 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
KantôNA | 1923 | | Documentary,Short | | | Not Available |
Yorû utsukushikî akumâNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |
Yorû yami no sasayakîNA | 1923 | | \N | | | Not Available |