Kenji Mizoguchi

Director

Kenji Mizoguchi has a .583 batting average: 7 of 12 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.583
Hits
7 of 12 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 4% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1936–1956

Films, ranked by rating

  1. Ugetsu (1953) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — 89/100 · hit
  3. The Life of Oharu (1952) — 88/100 · hit
  4. Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954) — 87/100 · hit
  5. A Geisha (1953) — 86/100 · hit
  6. The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939) — 84/100 · hit
  7. Osaka Elegy (1936) — 82/100 · hit
  8. Street of Shame (1956) — 79/100
  9. Sisters of the Gion (1936) — 79/100
  10. Miss Oyu (1951) — 74/100
  11. The 47 Ronin (1941) — 71/100
  12. Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) — 69/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. Ugetsu (1953) — 100/100 · hit
  2. Sansho the Bailiff (1954) — 89/100 · hit
  3. The Life of Oharu (1952) — 88/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Princess Yang Kwei-fei (1955) — 69/100
  2. The 47 Ronin (1941) — 71/100
  3. Miss Oyu (1951) — 74/100

How these numbers work: Methodology