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1. Ugetsu (1953)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito
Votes: 25,781 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama
In 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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 18,205
3. The Life of Oharu (1952)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai, Toshirô Mifune
Votes: 7,638
4. A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Ishun 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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa
Votes: 4,941
5. Street of Shame (1956)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Kogure
Votes: 4,858
6. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
Not Rated | 148 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami, Kinnosuke Takamatsu
Votes: 4,389
7. Sisters of the Gion (1936)
95 min | Drama
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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Namiko Kawashima
Votes: 3,007
8. The 47 Ronin (1941)
241 min | Drama, History
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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Yoshizaburo Arashi, Utaemon Ichikawa, Kan'emon Nakamura
Votes: 2,673
9. Osaka Elegy (1936)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young woman becomes a mistress of her boss in order to support her family.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yôko Umemura, Chiyoko Ôkura, Kiyoko Ôkubo
Votes: 2,594
10. A Geisha (1953)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
A seasoned geisha and her apprentice maiko are forced to give in to their clients' sexual advances to survive.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Michiyo Kogure, Ayako Wakao, Seizaburô Kawazu, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 2,363
11. Yôkihi (1955)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, History, Romance
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 2,062
12. Miss Oyu (1951)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Nobuko Otowa, Yûji Hori, Kiyoko Hirai
Votes: 1,889
13. Women of the Night (1948)
75 min | Drama
A mistress of a drug dealer in post-war Japan is shocked when she discovers that he is having an affair with her sister.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda, Mitsuo Nagata
Votes: 1,494
14. Utamaro and His Five Women (1946)
106 min | Drama
Utamaro is a great artist who lives to create portraits of beautiful women, using the brothels of Tokyo to provide his models.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Minosuke Bandô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô, Hiroko Kawasaki
Votes: 1,422
15. The Woman of Rumour (1954)
83 min | Drama, Romance
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Tomoemon Otani, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitarô Shindô
Votes: 1,405
16. Taira Clan Saga (1955)
108 min | Drama, History
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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizô Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Michiyo Kogure
Votes: 1,101
17. Musashino fujin (1951)
88 min | Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yukiko Todoroki, Masayuki Mori, Akihiko Katayama
Votes: 710
18. Portrait of Madame Yuki (1950)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Young servant girl Hamako has just started working for her personal heroine, Madame Yuki, but her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately as she is introduced to a list of the Madame's personal problems.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Michiyo Kogure, Yoshiko Kuga, Ken Uehara, Eijirô Yanagi
Votes: 570
19. The Water Magician (1933)
110 min | Drama
The tragic tale of a woman who despite doing good where she can gets punished by society.
Directors: Kenji Mizoguchi, Takuaki Seiryô | Stars: Tokihiko Okada, Ichirô Sugai, Bontarô Miake, Kumeko Urabe
Votes: 493
20. Flame of My Love (1949)
96 min | Drama, Romance
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, ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Ichirô Sugai
Votes: 480
21. The Famous Sword Bijomaru (1945)
65 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Shôtarô Hanayagi, Kan Ishii, Eijirô Yanagi, Ichijirô Ôya
Votes: 398
22. The Downfall of Osen (1935)
87 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Daijirô Natsukawa, Mitsusaburô Ramon, Genichi Fuji
Votes: 344
23. Tôkyô kôshinkyoku (1929)
101 min | Drama
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... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Shizue Natsukawa, Reiji Ichiki, Eiji Takagi, Isamu Kosugi
Votes: 336
24. The Love of Sumako the Actress (1947)
96 min | Drama
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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sô Yamamura, Kikue Môri, Chieko Higashiyama
Votes: 332
25. Miyamoto Musashi (1944)
53 min | Drama
Shinobu 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... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, Kan'emon Nakamura, Kigoro Ikushima, Kinuyo Tanaka
Votes: 273
26. Oyuki the Virgin (1935)
78 min | Drama, War
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.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Komako Hara, Daijirô Natsukawa, Eiji Nakano
Votes: 264
27. Poppy (1935)
72 min | Drama
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... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Daijirô Natsukawa, Ichirô Tsukida, Chiyoko Ôkura, Kuniko Miyake
Votes: 253
28. The Straits of Love and Hate (1937)
108 min | Drama
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 city.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Taizô Fukami, Akira Harue, Kiyoshi Katô, Seizaburô Kawazu
Votes: 230
29. Victory of Women (1946)
84 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano, Mitsuko Miura, Shin Tokudaiji
Votes: 174
30. Furusato no uta (1926)
45 min | Drama
As all his peers leave the countryside to study in Tokyo, Naotaro stays behind.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Shigeru Mokudo, Mineko Tsuji, Kentaro Kawamata, Yutaka Mimasu
Votes: 157
31. An Osaka Story (1957)
97 min | Drama
Story follows a poor peasant family that through hardship gets some money and how that change them.
Director: Kôzaburô Yoshimura | Stars: Raizô Ichikawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Shintarô Katsu, Michiko Ono
Votes: 78
32. Tôjin Okichi (1930)
115 min | Drama
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Yôko Umemura, Kaichi Yamamoto, Kôji Shima, Taeko Sakuma
Votes: 78
33. Fujiwara Yoshie no furusato (1930)
107 min | Drama, Romance
The rise and fall of a singer Yoshio Fujimura. Fujimura entertains the lower class passengers on the ship home from Europe, and is traveling with Ayako, a maid who had fallen in love with ... See full summary »
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Heitarô Doi, Yoshie Fujiwara, Fujiko Hamaguchi, Takako Irie
Votes: 77
34. Asahi wa kagayaku (1929)
25 min | Short, Drama
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Eiji Nakano, Hirotoshi Murata, Ranko Sawa, Takako Irie
Votes: 71
35. Victory Song (1945)
80 min | Drama
Directors: Masahiro Makino, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Tomotaka Tasaka, Tatsuo Ôsone | Stars: Reikichi Kawamura, Isamu Kosugi, Kôji Mitsui, Hiroyuki Nagato
Votes: 64
36. The Passion of a Woman Teacher (1926)
53 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
The curse of a jealous woman destroys the lovers on the run.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Eiji Nakano, Yoshiko Okada, Yoneko Sakai
Votes: 28
37. Ojô Okichi (1935)
64 min | Drama
Directors: Tatsunosuke Takashima, Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Komako Hara, Yôko Umemura, Toshio Hayashi
Votes: 27
38. Osaka Woman (1940)
145 min
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kinuyo Tanaka, Kôtarô Bandô, Kôkichi Takada, Ryôtarô Kawanami
Votes: 20
39. Gion matsuri (1933)
68 min | Drama
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Nobuo Kosaka, Bontarô Miake, Shizuko Mori, Tokihiko Okada
Votes: 16
40. Kane (1926)
68 min | Comedy
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kasuke Koizumi, Midori Komatsu, Matsuko Senoo, Kan'ichi Tani
Votes: 15
41. Kaminingyô no haru no sasayaki (1926)
100 min
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Tokihiko Okada, Yôko Umemura, Kaichi Yamamoto, Kôji Shima
Votes: 14
42. Nihonbashi (1929)
77 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Tokihiko Okada, Yôko Umemura, Shizue Natsukawa, Yoneko Sakai
Votes: 14
43. Kokyô (1923)
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kaichi Yamamoto, Hosaku Yoshida, Takeo Kokuri, Kômei Minami
Votes: 14
44. Tokai kokyogaku (1929)
70 min
Leftist proletarian drama of a young woman who is assisted by a working class youth in finding justice and avenging her seduction by a rich man.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Isamu Kosugi, Eiji Takagi, Kaichi Yamamoto, Takako Irie
Votes: 12
45. Kiri no minato (1923)
60 min | Drama
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Harue Ichikawa, Haruko Sawamura, Eijirô Mori, Kaichi Yamamoto
Votes: 11
46. Kaikoku danji (1926)
58 min
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Tsunemi Hirose, Komako Sunada, Eiji Takagi, Namiko Tsukiji
Votes: 10
47. Sisters of Gion (1956)
91 min
Director: Hiromasa Nomura | Stars: Michiyo Kogure, Tamao Nakamura, Michiko Ono
Votes: 8
48. Moriya, mi Ciudad (2019)
120 min | Documentary
Moriya is a small city of Japan surrounded by the immense Tokyo and other important cities, but its humility hides its great beautyness. Chris Jiménez visit the downtown apart from its rivers, sanctuaries, parks and beautiful landscapes.
Director: Chris Jiménez | Star: Sanae Nagashima
Votes: 7
49. Nogi shôgun to Kuma-san (1925)
53 min
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kaichi Yamamoto, Kasuke Koizumi, Kinnosuke Isogawa, Kumeko Urabe
50. Jôen no chimata (1923)
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Kômei Minami, Kiyoshi Mori, Yutaka Mimasu, Takeo Kokuri