Tag: Kenji Mizoguchi

  • The Reel Argument: Kenji Mizoguchi

    The Reel Argument: Kenji Mizoguchi

    Kenji Mizoguchi made films about women being destroyed by the world, and he made them with a camera that moves like a conscience — slowly, continuously, unable to look away. He is the greatest filmmaker Japan has produced on the subject of female suffering, which is to say he is the greatest filmmaker Japan has…