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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 2H 30M

Director : Kaneto Shindō

Synopsis

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (Aru eiga-kantoku no shogai) is a 1975 Japanese documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi, directed by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba). It runs 150 minutes and can be found on the second disc of the Region 1 Criterion Collection release of Ugetsu (1953).

Actors

Takako Irie
Takako Irie
Daisuke Itō
Daisuke Itō
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Michiyo Kogure
Michiyo Kogure
Machiko Kyō
Machiko Kyō
Yasuzō Masumura
Yasuzō Masumura
Minoru Miki
Minoru Miki
Kazuo Miyagawa
Kazuo Miyagawa
Kakuko Mori
Kakuko Mori
Masaichi Nagata
Masaichi Nagata
Masashige Narusawa
Masashige Narusawa
Kenichi Okamoto
Kenichi Okamoto
Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Tatsuo Sakai
Tatsuo Sakai
Eitarō Shindō
Eitarō Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Kinuyo Tanaka
Kinuyo Tanaka
Seiichirô Uchikawa
Seiichirô Uchikawa
Kumeko Urabe
Kumeko Urabe
Kiyohiko Ushihara
Kiyohiko Ushihara
Ayako Wakao
Ayako Wakao
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada
Fumiko Yamaji
Fumiko Yamaji
Eijirō Yanagi
Eijirō Yanagi
Yoshikata Yoda
Yoshikata Yoda
Ganjirô Nakamura II
Ganjirô Nakamura II

Crews

Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Writer

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