Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (ある映画監督の生涯 溝口健二の記録) is a 1975 Japanese documentary film on the life and works of director Kenji Mizoguchi. It was produced, written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.

Synopsis
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.


 * Interviewees


 * Masaichi Nagata
 * Takako Irie
 * Masashige Narusawa
 * Eijirō Yanagi
 * Dai Arakawa
 * Machiko Kyō
 * Matsuji Ohno
 * Eitaro Ozawa
 * Gengo Ohto
 * Eitarō Shindō
 * Kakuko Mori
 * Kumeko Urabe
 * Seiichiro Uchikawa
 * Tazuko Sakane
 * Kyōko Kagawa
 * Daisuke Itō
 * Motohisa Ando
 * Kenichi Okamoto
 * Kiyohiko Ushihara
 * Tatsuo Sakai
 * Eiji Nakano
 * Yoshikata Yoda
 * Kazuo Miyagawa
 * Ayako Wakao
 * Yasuzo Masumura
 * Fumiko Yamaji
 * Tadaoto Kainoshō
 * Isuzu Yamada
 * Hideo Tsumura
 * Matsutarō Kawaguchi
 * Toshio Itoya
 * Michiyo Kogure
 * Shigeru Miki
 * Ganjirō Nakamura
 * Kinuyo Tanaka
 * Yoshikazu Hayashi
 * Yoshiyuki Takatsu
 * Goro Sodai
 * Nobuko Otowa

Awards
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director received the Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film. Kaneto Shindō received the Kinema Junpo Award and the Mainichi Film Award for Best Director.

Home media
The film was released on DVD in Japan in 2001. In the US, the film is included in the Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray release of Ugetsu (1953).