Mizoguchi Kenji: Quick Facts

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Born	May 16, 1898 • Tokyo • Japan
Died	August 24, 1956 (aged 58) • Kyōto • Japan

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Japanese film director

Miyazaki Hayao

Japanese director

Anno Hideaki

Japanese animator and film director

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor and director

Honda Ishirō

Japanese director

Suo Masayuki

Japanese director and screenwriter

Naomi Kawase

Japanese film director

Ichikawa Kon

Japanese director

Ozu Yasujirō

Japanese director

Kinugasa Teinosuke

Japanese director

Kinoshita Keisuke

Japanese director

Gosho Heinosuke

Japanese director

Kobayashi Masaki

Japanese director

Itami Jūzō

Japanese director and screenwriter

Luc Dardenne

Belgian filmmaker

David Maysles

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Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Belgian filmmaker

Karel Reisz

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Vittorio Taviani

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Paolo Taviani

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