Mizoguchi, Kenji (1898-1956), Cineasta japonês:As Irmãs de Gion (1936);
Contos da Lua Vaga (1953);
Intendente Sansho, Os Amantes Crucificados (1954);
A Rua da Vergonha (1956).
Nationality: Japanese. Born: Tokyo, 16 May 1898. Education: Aohashi Western Painting Research Institute, Tokyo, enrolled 1914. Career: Apprentice to textile designer, 1913; newspaper illustrator, Kobe, 1916; assistant director to Osamu Wakayama, 1922; directed first film, 1923; began association with art director Hiroshi Mizutani on Gio matsuri, 1933; began collaboration with writer Yoshikata Yoda on Naniwa ereji, 1936; member of Cabinet Film Committee, from 1940; elected president of Japanese directors association, 1949; signed to Daiei Company, 1952. Awards: International Prize, Venice Festival, for The Life of Oharu, 1952. Died: 24 August 1956, in Kyoto, Japan, of leukemia.
