Kenji Mizoguchi May 16 1898 August 24 1956 was a Japanese film director and screenwriter His film Ugetsu 1953 won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and appeared in the Sight Sound Critics Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972 Mizoguchi is renowned for his mastery of the long take and miseenscène His films have an extraordinary force and purity They shake and move the viewer by the power refinement and compassion with which they confront human suffering Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenji Mizoguchi licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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