
Kaneto Shindō
Directing
1912-04-22 · Hiroshima, Japan
Kaneto Shindo (新藤 兼人, Shindō Kaneto, April 22, 1912 – May 29, 2012) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author. He was married to actress Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994), who appeared in several of his films. He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. His scripts were filmed by such directors as Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Fumio Kamei and Tadashi Imai. He won the 1996 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for A Last Note. Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he made several films about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb. Like his early mentor Kenji Mizoguchi, many of his films feature strong female characters. He was a pioneer of independent film production in Japan, founding a company called Kindai Eiga Kyokai. He continued working as a scriptwriter, director and author until his death at the age of 100. Shindo made a series of autobiographical films, beginning with the first film he directed, 1951's Story of a Beloved Wife, about his struggle to become a screenwriter, through 1986's Tree Without Leaves, about his childhood, born into a wealthy family which became destitute, 2000's By Player, about his film company, seen through the eyes of his friend Taiji Tonoyama, and his last film, Postcard, directed at the age of 98, loosely based on his military service. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kaneto Shindō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography

The Dreadful
2026 · Movie

Hachiko
2023 · Movie

Japanese Cinema: New Territories
2011 · Movie

Postcard
2010 · Movie

Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009 · Movie

Teacher and Three Children
2008 · Movie

The Battleship on the Ground
2007 · Movie

What's a Director?
2006 · Movie

Owl
2003 · Movie

A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001 · Movie

By Player
2000 · Movie

The Perfect Education
1999 · Movie

Will to Live
1999 · Movie

The Geisha House
1999 · Movie
Solitude Point
1998 · Movie

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996 · Movie

A Last Note
1995 · Movie

Faraway Sunset
1992 · Movie

The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992 · Movie
ゼロの焦点
1991 · Movie

Crossroads in Tokyo
1991 · Movie

Don't Mind
1990 · Movie

Sakura-tai Chiru
1988 · Movie

Hachiko
1987 · Movie

Actress
1987 · Movie

Tree Without Leaves
1986 · Movie

Black Board
1986 · Movie

The Horizon
1984 · Movie

Tsumiki kuzushi
1983 · Movie

The Women of Osaka Castle
1983 · Movie

I Lived, But...
1983 · Movie

Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
1983 · Movie

Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
1983 · Series

Shadow Conspirator
1982 · Movie
Bijin Koroshi Series
1981 · Series

Rennyo and His Mother
1981 · Movie

Edo Porn
1981 · Movie

The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981 · Movie

Drive for the Future
1980 · Movie

Magnitude 7.9
1980 · Movie

The Three Undelivered Letters
1979 · Movie

The Strangling
1979 · Movie
The 47 Ronins of Ako
1979 · Series

Ameyuki-san
1979 · Movie
Horror of the Giant Vortex
1978 · Movie

The Incident
1978 · Movie
A Young Female Instructor
1978 · Movie

Dangerous Liaisons
1978 · Movie
Document 8.6
1977 · Movie

The Life of Chikuzan
1977 · Movie

The Perennial Weed
1975 · Movie

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975 · Movie

My Way
1974 · Movie

The Heart
1973 · Movie

Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973 · Movie

Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
1973 · Movie

Hymn
1972 · Movie

Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
1972 · Movie

Kanawa
1972 · Movie

Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972 · Movie

Sweet Secret
1971 · Movie

The Battle of Okinawa
1971 · Movie

Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971 · Movie

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970 · Movie

Strange Affinity
1970 · Movie

Heat Wave Island
1969 · Movie

Devil's Temple
1969 · Movie

Thousand Cranes
1969 · Movie

Strong Women, Weak Men
1968 · Movie

Kuroneko
1968 · Movie

The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968 · Movie

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967 · Movie

Libido
1967 · Movie
A Fallen Woman
1967 · Movie

Two Wives
1967 · Movie

The Suitors
1967 · Movie

Drunken Harbor
1966 · Movie

Fighting Elegy
1966 · Movie

Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966 · Movie

Lost Sex
1966 · Movie

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966 · Movie

Dynamite Doctor
1966 · Movie

Irezumi
1966 · Movie

Conquest
1965 · Movie

Seisaku's Wife
1965 · Movie

Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
1965 · Movie

Onibaba
1964 · Movie

The Gorgeous Geisha
1964 · Movie

Camellia Gate
1964 · Movie

Manji
1964 · Movie

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964 · Movie

A Public Benefactor
1964 · Movie

Onibaba : Film Location
1964 · Movie

Mother
1963 · Movie

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963 · Movie

Maiko and the Assassin
1963 · Movie

The Navy
1963 · Movie

When Women Lie
1963 · Movie

Elegant Beast
1962 · Movie

Human
1962 · Movie

Hell's Assassin
1962 · Movie

The Lucky General
1962 · Movie

The Whale God
1962 · Movie

Destiny's Son
1962 · Movie

This Madding Crowd
1962 · Movie

Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
1962 · Movie

Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962 · Movie

Black Lizard
1962 · Movie

Stolen Pleasure
1962 · Movie

Their Legacy
1962 · Movie

Her Devotion
1961 · Movie

Netsuai sha
1961 · Movie

Haitoku no mesu
1961 · Movie

As the Clouds Scatter
1961 · Movie

A Design for Dying
1961 · Movie

Challenge to Live
1961 · Movie

The Lovers
1961 · Movie

The Matsukawa Incident
1961 · Movie

The Wayside Pebble
1960 · Movie

The Naked Island
1960 · Movie

Devotion to Railway
1960 · Movie

Master Fencer Sees the World
1960 · Movie

A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960 · Movie

A Nice Guy
1960 · Movie

The Gambling Samurai
1960 · Movie

The Great Road
1960 · Movie

The Bride from Japan
1959 · Movie

The Aristocrat's Stairs
1959 · Movie

The Telephone Rings in the Evening
1959 · Movie

Break Down that Wall
1959 · Movie

Talented Woman
1959 · Movie

Diary of Forsaken Love
1959 · Movie

Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959 · Movie

The Ladder of Success
1958 · Movie

The Naked Sun
1958 · Movie

Face in the Dark
1958 · Movie

A Grain of Wheat
1958 · Movie

The Lowest Man
1958 · Movie

Night Drum
1958 · Movie

The Precipice
1958 · Movie

Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958 · Movie

Forbidden Lips
1958 · Movie

On This Earth
1957 · Movie

But the Flesh is Weak
1957 · Movie

Harbor Rats
1957 · Movie

Who's the Real Killer
1957 · Movie

The Shadow Daughter
1957 · Movie

Actress
1956 · Movie

Yonjū-hassai no teikō
1956 · Movie

Easy-Going Married Couple
1956 · Movie

The Shadow of Fear
1956 · Movie
How Sorrowful
1956 · Movie

Wandering Shore
1956 · Movie

Love is Lost
1956 · Movie

Wedding Day
1956 · Movie

Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
1956 · Movie
The Motherless
1955 · Movie

The Beauty and the Dragon
1955 · Movie

If Indeed One Loves
1955 · Movie

The Wolves
1955 · Movie

Sisters
1955 · Movie

Women of Ginza
1955 · Movie

Wakai hito-tachi
1954 · Movie

Turbid Youth
1954 · Movie

Ditch
1954 · Movie

Cape Ashizuri
1954 · Movie

Love and Duty
1954 · Movie

Life of a Woman
1953 · Movie

To the Ends of the Earth
1953 · Movie

Before the Dawn
1953 · Movie

Desire
1953 · Movie

Miniature
1953 · Movie

Murahachibu
1953 · Movie

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953 · Movie

Reminiscence
1953 · Movie

Violence
1952 · Movie

Children of Hiroshima
1952 · Movie

Sisters of Nishijin
1952 · Movie
Avalanche
1952 · Movie

Izayoi kaidō
1951 · Movie

Tokyo Elegy
1951 · Movie

Story of a Beloved Wife
1951 · Movie

Dancing Girl
1951 · Movie

Saijoke no kyoen
1951 · Movie

The Tale of Genji
1951 · Movie

Jōen no hatoba
1951 · Movie

Who Will Judge Me?
1951 · Movie

Freedom School
1951 · Movie

The White Orchid
1951 · Movie

Judge of the Ashuras
1951 · Movie

Clothes of Deception
1951 · Movie

Shojohou
1950 · Movie

The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950 · Movie

A Man from Akagi
1950 · Movie

The Bells of Nagasaki
1950 · Movie

The End of the War
1950 · Movie

Alps Story: The Wild
1950 · Movie

Pursuit At Dawn
1950 · Movie

Spring Snow
1950 · Movie

Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949 · Movie

Here's to the Young Lady
1949 · Movie

Flame of My Love
1949 · Movie

Jealousy
1949 · Movie

Kōfuku no genkai
1948 · Movie

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948 · Movie

Great X
1948 · Movie

The Man of Rumor
1948 · Movie

Temptation
1948 · Movie

The Ball at the Anjo House
1947 · Movie

Marriage
1947 · Movie

The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946 · Movie
Waiting Woman
1946 · Movie

Victory of Women
1946 · Movie

The 47 Ronin
1941 · Movie
Otomebashi
1936 · Movie