Introduction and detailed information of Mizoguchi Kenji

Early life experience

Mizoguchi Kenji was born on March 16, 1898 at No. 11, Yushima Shinka Street, Hongo District, Tokyo, Japan. He spent his childhood in Asakusa. Mizoguchi Kenji loved painting since he was a child. He learned to draw underwear patterns from a teacher and once made underwear for his mother. Due to his poor family background, Kenji Mizoguchi started working after graduating from elementary school. He worked as an apprentice in a clothing store and other occupations, and later studied at the Western Painting Research Institute sponsored by Kuroda Kiyote. Acting experience

In 1920, after being introduced by an old friend of his father, Mizoguchi Kenji entered Nikkatsu Company's Mukojima Studio. His initial wish was to become an actor, but he unexpectedly became an assistant director. Entered the film industry. Kenji Mizoguchi

In 1923, there was a major personnel shakeup within Nikkatsu Company, and a large number of actors and directors left. As a result, Kenji Mizoguchi was promoted to director, and his first film was "The Day Love Revives"; in September On the 1st, following the Great Kanto Earthquake, Nikkatsu closed the Mukojima Photography Studio and moved all staff to the Daishogun Photography Studio in Kyoto. From then on, Mizoguchi settled in Kyoto; on November 9, "Blood and Soul", the original expressionist work in Japanese film history created by Kenji Mizoguchi, was released.

On February 28, 1926, the film "Paper Man Hurts Spring" starring Harue Ichikawa and Shizuko Miyabe, which reflected the mood of the slums and the tragedy of women, was released. Mizoguchi Kenji was dismissed as director. In addition, he also participated in the editing of the film; on July 14, the love movie "The Female Artist in Crazy Love" adapted from Kawaguchi Matsutaro's weird novel was released.

On February 1, 1929, the love movie "Nihonbashi" based on the novel by the novelist Izumi Kyoka was released; on May 31, the short film "Nihonbashi" starring Ichiki Zaji and Irie Takako was filmed. "Tokyo March" was released; on November 29, "Urban Symphony", a "trend movie" directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, was released and attracted attention.

In 1933, he directed the feature film "Waterfall" starring Takako Irie and Tokihiko Okada. This film is the formative work of Mizoguchi Kenji's style, that is, unfortunate women. , emotions and tragic love.

On May 5, 1936, the feature film "Elegy of the Waves" starring Isuzu Yamada and directed by Yamada was released. This film was Kenji Mizoguchi's first sound film and pioneered Japanese reality films. It set a precedent and won the second place in the 1936 Film Festival Top Ten Awards, and was selected into 200 Japanese film business cards; on October 15, the film "Gion Sisters", which reflected the tragic situation of geisha, was released. The film won the 1936 Film Festival It won the first place in the Top Ten Awards and was selected into 200 Japanese film business cards.

In 1937, Mizoguchi Kenji wrote and directed the feature film "Love Gorge" starring Fumiko Yamaji. The film was sent to foreign screenings after the war and attracted international attention.

From 1939 to 1941, Mizoguchi Kenji filmed the three art trilogy "The Story of the Broken Chrysanthemum", "The Dangerous Girl" and "The Arto Generation", which are based on the tragic fate of women being enslaved and sacrificed. "Male" was released one after another.

On December 8, 1941, the costume revenge film "Genroku Tadaomizo·Before and After" directed by Mizoguchi Kenji and starring Ichikawa Utaemon and Kawarazaki Kunitaro was released.

On June 22, 1944, the film "Danjuro Sandai" starring Bando Kotaro and Iizuka Toshiko was released; on December 28, the film starring Kawarasaki Nagajuro and Nakamura Saemon The feature film "Miyamoto Musashi" starring in the film was released.

In 1946, Mizoguchi Kenji filmed the feature film "Five Beautiful Pictures of a Songstress" based on the story of the famous Ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro, starring Tanaka Kinuyo and Kawasaki Hiroko.

On June 22, 1951, the feature film "Miss Ayu" starring Tanaka Kinuyo and Otoba Nobuko was released; on September 14, the director's film starring Tanaka Kinuyo and Mori Masayuki The movie "Mrs. Musashino" is released.

In 1952, Mizoguchi Kenji wrote, directed, and produced the long-gestating feature film "Saizuru Idai no Nana", starring Tanaka Kinuyo. Although the box office in Japan was not ideal, it was a hit abroad. It was praised and the film won the International Award at the 17th Venice International Film Festival.

On March 26, 1953, Mizoguchi Kenji’s thriller drama "Ugetsu Monogatari" starring Mori Masayuki, Kyō Machiko, Tanaka Kinuyo, etc. was released. The film won the 18th Venice International Film Festival. Festival Silver Lion Award (there was no Golden Lion Award that year), won the third place in Japan's Top Ten Awards, and was selected into 200 Japanese film business cards; on August 12, Mizoguchi Kenji once again focused his lens on Osaka after 17 years. In the geisha district "Gion", another movie about the life of geisha "Gion Songstress" was filmed.

On March 31, 1954, the feature film "Sansho Doctor" starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Kyoko Kagawa was released. The film won the Silver Lion Award at the 19th Venice International Film Festival; November 23 , directed the feature film "The Story of Chikamatsu" starring Kazuo Hasegawa and Kyoko Kagawa. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 8th Cannes Film Festival. Kenji Mizoguchi won the 5th Japanese Film Blue Ribbon Award for this film. Best Director Award.

Mizoguchi Kenji and Tanaka Kinuyo took a group photo in front of the Louvre Museum

On May 3, 1955, Mizoguchi Kenji filmed the costume love movie "Yang Guifei" adapted from the ancient Chinese poet Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow"; On September 21, the feature film "The Shin Heike Monogatari" directed by Hayashi Chengcheng and starring Ichikawa Raizo was released.

On March 18, 1956, the feature film "The Red Line" directed by Wakao Fumiko, Kyo Machiko and others was released. The film, as always, tells the tragedy of women in the red light district; on August 23, Mizoguchi Kenji completed the script creation of "Osaka Story"; on August 24, Mizoguchi Kenji passed away. Personal life

Family

The Mizoguchi family has opened a construction factory in Shimbashi Kaga Street for generations. Although Mizoguchi Kenji's father, Zentaro, has no physical disabilities, he is unable to work. During the Russo-Japanese War, Zentaro, who inherited the family business, wanted to make a fortune by manufacturing military raincoats, but he suffered heavy losses. After that, he devoted himself to other businesses, but they all failed miserably. In the end, he had to sell his family property and move his family to Asakusa. Mizoguchi Kenji's mother Masa was born into a family of imperial doctors. The failure of the family business made her depressed and ill. She died of overwork when Kenji Mizoguchi was 17 years old.

Mizoguchi Kenji has a sister, Soushou, who is three years older than him, and a brother, Zeno, who is seven years younger than him. After her father's business failed, her ten-year-old sister Soushou was sent to a geisha house in Nihonbashi called Mikawaya to learn geisha, and then became someone else's concubine. After his mother passed away, his sister took on the burden of life for the entire family. Mizoguchi stayed at her sister's house when he was out of school.

Emotions

Mizoguchi Kenji hangs out in romantic places all year round. In 1921, he met *** Yuriko in an illegal brothel. Mizoguchi liked her very much and went to her place every day after filming. In 1925, Kenji Mizoguchi was stabbed in the back with a razor by Yuriko. After Yuriko was arrested, Mizoguchi did not prosecute her, so she was quickly released and left. Later, Mizoguchi Kenji showed his scars to close friends many times, saying, "If you don't get a woman's razor, you will create a bad image of a woman."

In 1927, with the help of Nagata Masaichi, Mizoguchi Kenji married dancer Chizuru Saga. In 1941, Chizuru Saga suffered from mental disorder and stayed in the hospital all year round. Mizoguchi Kenji's tombstone

Cemetery

Mizoguchi Kenji's grave is located at Ikegami Honmonji Temple in Tokyo. On the side of the monument is engraved "The world's famous director (world-class director) Mizoguchi" Kenji".

Main works: Director's work: Silent film Time: Starring: "The Day Love Revived" in 1923: "Hometown" by Shigeru Kito and Yoshiko Koizumi; "A Dream of Youth" by Yoshikazu Yamamoto and Toyosaku Yoshida; "Love Flame" by Yoshisuke Koizumi and Keio Miyajima Lane" Yutaka Misaki and Mitsumi Minami "The Sorrow of the Loser" Keio Miyajima and Kyoko Mizuki "813" Mariko Aoyama and Kunijirō Fujiwara "Port of Fog" Harue Ichikawa and Eijiro Mori "In Ruins" Kaichi Kuzuzuki "Night" by Kasuke Koizumi, "Blood and Soul" by Mariko Aoyama and Kunijiro Fujiwara, "Song of the Ridge" by Chiyoko Eguchi and Harue Ichikawa, "Sorrow ***" by Yutaka Misaki and Ryotaro Mizushima in 1924, Kaichi Kuzumu and Kasuke Koizumi "Death of Akatsuki" "Modern Queen" by Shigeru Kidou and Yoshisuke Koizumi. "Women Become Strong" by Chigusa Kōko and Yutaka Mitsuki. "The World" by Yutaka Mizaki and Shizuko Miyabe. "The March of the Turkey" by Kyoko Mizuki and Denmei Suzuki. Hiroshi Inagaki , Koizumi Yoshisuke's "The Death of Inspector Ito" Hayashi Masao and Sato Motoharu's "Meiyu Papyrus" Ichikawa Harue and Inagaki Hiroshi's "Girl of Joy" Mitsuki Yutaka and Sakai Yonoko's "Circus Queen" Kondo Iyoshi and Mikoshiba Duo's 1925 "The Queen of the Circus" "Fight Without Money" Kyoko Mizuki and Eiji Takagi "Graduation" Iyoshi Kondo and Yutaka Mitsurugi "Ugh Spy Ship Kanto" Mitsuyoshi Minami and Nanako Urabe "White Lily Lament" Iyoshi Kondo and Yoshiko Okada "The Afterglow of the Red Sun" 》 Shinichiro Komura's "Short Film Collection: Sketching in the Streets" Hoshino Hiroki and Okada Yoshiko's "Human" Yutaka Misaki and Nakano Eiji's "Song of Hometown" Shiro Kato's "Nogi Shogun and Mr. Bear" Ichikawa Harue and Isokawa Kinnosuke's "The Earth" "The Smile" Kondo Iyoyoshi and Mitsuyoshi "The Copper Coin King" in 1926 Kato Shiro and Miyake Katsumi "Paper Man Hurts Spring" Ichikawa Harue and Miyabe Shizuko "Shin onoga tsumi" Ichikawa Harue "The Female Artist in Crazy Love" Nakano Eiji , Okada Yoshiko's "The Man from the Land of the Sea" Hirose Tsunemi and Oko Shiba Duo's "Money" Koizumi Yoshisuke and Komatsu Midori's 1927 "The Emperor's Favor" Ichikawa Harue and Minami Mitsuo's "The Bird of Compassion" Nakano Eiji's 1928 "Human Life" "The Lovely Daughter" by Natsue Kitahara and Yoshisuke Koizumi Harue Ichikawa and Yoshisuke Koizumi "The Earth's Rotation Part 1: The Past" Isamu Kosugi and Minami Mitsuo "The Earth's Rotation Part 2: The Modern Part" Takako Irie and Isamu Kosugi "The Earth's Rotation Part 3" "Fantasy Chapter" by Isamu Kosugi and Boutaro Mitaki in 1929, "Nihonbashi". Sakuji Ichiki and Shizue Natsukawa, "The Shining Sun" by Takako Irie and Susumu Minobe, "Tokyo March" by Sakuji Ichiki and Takako Irie, "Symphony of the City" by Takashi Ichiki. 2. "The Hometown of Fujiwara Yoshie" by Takako Irie in 1930, "Akichi of the Tang Dynasty" by Heitaro Doi and Yoshie Fujiwara, "They Still Go Still" by Heitaro Doi and Sakuji Ichiki in 1931, "The Hometown of Fujiwara Yoshie" by Bando Basaemon and Fujiko Hamaguchi in 1932. "The God of Time" Natsukawa Shizue and Oki Etsuji "The Dawn of the Founding of Manchuria and Mongolia" Takako Irie and Eiji Nakano "Waterfall" in 1933 Takako Irie and Tokihiko Okada "Gion Festival" Nobuo Kosaka and Buntaro Mimei "1934" "Kamikaze Ren" Takako Irie "The Peak of Love and Hate" Hara Komako and Natsukawa Daijiro's 1935 "Origuzuru Sen" Yamada Isuzu and Natsukawa Daijiro "Maria's Snow" Hara Komako and Koizumi Yoshisuke's "Poppy Grass" Natsukawa Daijirō and Ichirō Tsukida starred in the title role of the talkie film "Elegy of the Waves" in 1936. Chiyoko Okura in "The Gion Sisters". Umemura Yoshiko and Shiga Noie Benkei in 1937 in "Love Gap". Kawazu Seisaburo and Fukami Taizo in 1938 in "Camping". "Song" by Seisaburo Kawazu, "O Hometown", "The Story of the Broken Chrysanthemum" by Fumiko Yamaji and Masao Shimizu in 1939, "Danagi" by Shotaro Hanayagi and Koyoshi Takada in 1940, "The Art of the Generation" by Tanaka Kinuyo and Kotaro Bando in 1941, "The Story of the Lost Chrysanthemum" by Koshizaburo Arashi, Bando Minosuke's "Genroku Tadaomizo" "Danjuro Three Generations" by Ichikawa Utaemon and Kawarasaki Kunitaro in 1944 Bando Kotaro and Iizuka Toshiko's "Miyamoto Musashi" Kawarasaki Chojuro and Nakamura Sa'emon's "Mei Sword Beauty Pill" in 1945 》 Shotaro Hanayagi and Hiroshi Ishii's "Victory Song" Kawamura Reiyoshi and Kosugi Isamu's "The Victory of Women" 1946 Tanaka Kinuyo and Kuwano Tsuko "Five Beautiful Pictures of Song Girls" Tanaka Kinuyo and Kawasaki Hiroko 1947 "*** Sumako's Love" Tanaka Kinuyo and Yamamura Satoshi's 1948 "Night Woman" Tanaka Kinuyo and Takasugi Sanae's 1949 "Our Love Can't Burn" Tanaka Kinuyo and Mito Mitsuko's 1950 "Drawing of the Snow Lady" Kigure Michiyo , "Miss Ayu" by Ken Uehara in 1951 "Mrs. Musashino" by Tanaka Kinuyo and Otoba Nobuko Tanaka Kinuyo and Mori Masayuki "Saizuru Idai no Nana" in 1952 Uno Shigeyoshi and Mifune Toshiro 1953 "Ugetsu Monogatari" by Mori Masayuki, "Gion Songstress" by Kyou Machiko, "Sansho Doctor" by Chiyo Kigure and Fumiko Wakao, 1954 "The Woman Talking in the Streets" by Tanaka Kinuyo and Kyoko Kagawa, "The Tale of Chikamatsu" by Tanaka Kinuyo and Yuemon Otani, 1955 by Kazuo Hasegawa and Kyoko Kagawa. "Yang Guifei" in 1956 "The Story of the Shinheike" by Kyou Machiko and Mori Masa Hayashi Mitsuru and Ichikawa Raizo in 1956 "Red Line Zone" Kyou Machiko and Mitsuki Aiko

(Above reference materials) Screenwriting time Drama titles: 1923 "Hometown", "Youth Dream", "Alley of Love", "The Sorrow of the Loser's Song", "Night", "Song of the Ridge" 1925 "Graduation", "Short Film Collection: Street" "Sketching of Lane" 1926 "King of Copper Coins", "Money" 1928 "Lovely Daughter" 1929 "Nihonbashi" 1933 "Gion Festival" 1934 "Kamikaze Ren" 1936 "Elegy of the Waves", "Gion" "Sisters in the Garden" 1937 "Love Gap" 1940 "Danger Girl" 1952 "Nishizuru's Generation" 1957 "Osaka Story"

(Above reference) Supervised production time drama title 1952 "Nishi Tsuru" "Women of the Crane Generation"

(Above reference) Editing date: 1926 "Paper Man Hurts Spring"