1898 - 1956
Kenji Mizoguchi (溝口 健二, Mizoguchi Kenji, 16 May 1898 – 24 August 1956) was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), with the latter three all being awarded at the Venice International Film Festival. A recurring theme of his films was the oppression of women in historical and contemporary Japan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenji Mizoguchi has received more than 653,019 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Kenji Mizoguchi is the 94th most popular film director (up from 103rd in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Japan and the 6th most popular Japanese Film Director.
Kenji Mizoguchi is most famous for his films, which are known for their long takes and poetic imagery.
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Among film directors, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 94 out of 1,581. Before him are René Clair, Christopher Nolan, Fred Zinnemann, Andrzej Żuławski, Wolfgang Petersen, and Tony Scott. After him are George A. Romero, William Hanna, Howard Hawks, Walter Hill, Peter Brook, and Terrence Malick.
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 88
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 89
1907 - 1997
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 90
1940 - 2016
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 91
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 92
1944 - 2012
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 93
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 94
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 95
1910 - 2001
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 96
1896 - 1977
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 97
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 98
1925 - 2022
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 99
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 100
Among people born in 1898, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 32. Before him are Rudolf Dassler, Karl Hermann Frank, René Clair, Willy Messerschmitt, Jeanne Hébuterne, and Karl Ziegler. After him are Julius Evola, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Curzio Malaparte, Peng Dehuai, Fritz Zwicky, and Aloysius Stepinac. Among people deceased in 1956, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 17. Before him are Emil Nolde, Lucien Febvre, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, A. A. Milne, Alexander Rodchenko, and Alfred Kinsey. After him are Konstantin Päts, Bela Lugosi, Risto Ryti, H. L. Mencken, Émile Borel, and Josef Hoffmann.
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 26
1898 - 1946
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 27
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 28
1898 - 1978
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 29
1898 - 1920
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 30
1898 - 1973
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 31
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 32
1898 - 1974
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 33
1898 - 1977
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 34
1898 - 1957
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 35
1898 - 1974
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 36
1898 - 1974
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 37
1898 - 1960
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 38
1867 - 1956
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 11
1878 - 1956
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 12
1870 - 1956
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 13
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 14
1891 - 1956
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 15
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 16
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 17
1874 - 1956
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 18
1882 - 1956
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 19
1889 - 1956
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 20
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 21
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 22
1870 - 1956
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 23
Among people born in Japan, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 78 out of 6,048. Before him are Hideki Yukawa (1907), Kenzō Tange (1913), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Shirō Ishii (1892), Emperor Go-Momozono (1758), and Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837). After him are Nichiren (1222), Emperor Nakamikado (1702), Tsutomu Yamaguchi (1916), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), and Dōgen (1200).
1907 - 1981
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 72
1913 - 2005
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 73
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 74
1892 - 1959
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 75
1758 - 1779
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 76
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 77
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 78
1222 - 1282
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 79
1702 - 1737
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 80
1916 - 2010
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 81
1157 - 1247
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 82
577 BC - 510 BC
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 83
1200 - 1253
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 84
Among film directors born in Japan, Kenji Mizoguchi ranks 6. Before him are Akira Kurosawa (1910), Hayao Miyazaki (1941), Takeshi Kitano (1947), Isao Takahata (1935), and Yasujirō Ozu (1903). After him are Nagisa Oshima (1932), Masaki Kobayashi (1916), Shohei Imamura (1926), Hideaki Anno (1960), Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), and Ishirō Honda (1911).
1910 - 1998
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 1
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 2
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 3
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 4
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 5
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 6
1932 - 2013
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 7
1916 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 8
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 9
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 10
1920 - 1989
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 11
1911 - 1993
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 12