Kenji Mizoguchi
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Emerging from a modest Tokyo background, Mizoguchi entered the arts after an apprenticeship in textile design and studies at the Aoibashi Yoga Kenkyuko art school, where he learned Western painting techniques and assisted with opera set construction. A brief stint as an advertisement designer led to an assistant-director position at Nikkata Studios in 1920, and by 1922 he was promoted to director,…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
