After having served as an assistant to directors such as Tadashi OGUCHI and Eizo TANAKA, Mizoguchi, at the age of 24, debuted in February, 1923, as a movie director with "Ai ni yomigaeru hi" (The Resurrection of Love), which was based on an original script by a senior director, Osamu WAKAYAMA.
監督助手として小口忠や田中栄三らについたのを経て、大正12年2月、先輩監督の若山治のオリジナル脚本による『愛に甦る日』で24歳にして映画監督デビューを果たした。