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Mizoguchi

British  
/ ˌmiːtsəˈɡuːtʃɪ /

noun

  1. Kenji (ˈkɛndʒɪ). 1898–1956, Japanese film director. His films include A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1925), Woman of Osaka (1940), and Ugetsu Monogatari (1952)

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Through Kazuko channeling her father’s sentiments, we read Kurosawa lauding his fellow Japanese filmmakers, including Kon Ichikawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujirō Ozu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"We're excited because our regression model formulation is straightforward and physically reasonable," says Teruyasu Mizoguchi, senior author.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2024

Its release marked a pivotal movement in film history: Kurosawa was catapulted to cinema stardom, and his Japanese forerunners, most notably directors Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi, were given wide attention for the first time.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2018

As injustice begets injustice and a corrupt regime besmirches beauty, Mizoguchi gives his lovers the last laugh, in one of the most jubilantly derisive endings in the history of cinema.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2014

Mizoguchi Hampei was rich, and reputed stingy and saving.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)

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