Kenji Mizoguchi Archives

He began his career at leading Japanese studio Shochiku, but, frustrated by opportunities denied him in favor of the company's star director Yasujiro Ozu, quit to join the newly formed P.C.L., today famously known as Toho and popularized in the West by Naruse's one-time assistant Akira Kurosawa, who wrote of his elder: "Mikio Naruse's style[...]

A massive chunk from the Criterion Collection is on HBO Max; some of the best movies ever made. So why isn't HBO promoting this aspect of their service?

The result is a more melancholy and austere style reminiscent of classic period Japanese movies directed by directors like Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi The action scenes are precise and have more style than most American blockbusters With just one episode, anime fans are already buzzing that this will be one of the highlights of[...]