Director
Kenji Mizoguchi
Made Ugetsu and Sansho the Bailiff in long unbroken takes, and returned throughout his work to the treatment of women in Japanese society.
Kenji Mizoguchi was a Japanese filmmaker who directed roughly one hundred films during his career between 1923 and 1956. His most acclaimed works include The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939), The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953), and Sansho the Bailiff (1954), with the latter three all being awarded at the Venice International Film Festival. A recurring theme of his films was the oppression of women in historical and contemporary Japan. Together with Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu, Mizoguchi is seen as a representative of the "golden age" of Japanese cinema.
- Born
- 1898-05-16, Tokyo, JapanA Monday
- Died
- 1956-08-24, Kyoto, JapanA Friday, aged 58
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- Japan
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1898-05-16, Tokyo, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
Asia/TokyoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 25°14′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 4°45′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 5°44′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 17°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 13°14′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 0°32′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 10°01′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 1°49′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Gemini | 21°13′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 13°45′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1956-08-24, Kyoto, Japan · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Tokyothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 0°54′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 0°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 27°07′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 15°19′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 22°27′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 9°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 26°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 4°23′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 28°11′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 28°22′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Kenji Mizoguchi was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.