Kaneto Shindō
Directing
Born: April 22, 1912 · Hiroshima, Japan
Died: May 29, 2012 (aged 100)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Known for
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009
Onibaba
1964
Hachiko
2023
Kuroneko
1968
Hachiko
1987
The Naked Island
1960
The 47 Ronin
1941
The Dreadful
2026
Irezumi
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Manji
1964
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Photos (1)
Movies (5)
Self / Appearances (3)
Directing (45)
Edo Porn
Director
Onibaba
Director
The Naked Island
Director
Life of a Woman
Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Director
Kuroneko
Director
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Director
Owl
Director
Tree Without Leaves
Director
Libido
Director
Children of Hiroshima
Director
Mother
Director
Postcard
Director
Strong Women, Weak Men
Director
Kanawa
Director
Story of a Beloved Wife
Director
Wandering Shore
Director
By Player
Director
The Wolves
Director
Will to Live
Director
Black Board
Director
The Strangling
Director
Heat Wave Island
Director
The Horizon
Director
A Last Note
Director
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Director
Conquest
Director
Sakura-tai Chiru
Director
My Way
Director
The Life of Chikuzan
Director
The Bride from Japan
Director
Human
Director
Hymn
Director
Miniature
Director
Lost Sex
Director
Ditch
Director
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Director
Teacher and Three Children
Director
Actress
Director
Harbor Rats
Director
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Director
The Heart
Director
Strange Affinity
Director
Love is Lost
Director
The Lovers
Director
Writing (203)
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Original Film Writer
The Dreadful
Original Film Writer
Edo Porn
Writer
The Perfect Education
Writer
Onibaba
Screenplay
Hachiko
Screenplay
Hachiko
Story
The Naked Island
Writer
Hachiko
Original Story
The Bells of Nagasaki
Screenplay
Thousand Cranes
Writer
Life of a Woman
Writer
The Perennial Weed
Screenplay
Irezumi
Screenplay
Fighting Elegy
Screenplay
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Writer
The Battle of Okinawa
Screenplay
Kuroneko
Screenplay
To the Ends of the Earth
Adaptation
The Lowest Man
Screenplay
The Lowest Man
Writer
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Writer
Owl
Writer
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Screenplay
But the Flesh is Weak
Writer
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Screenplay
Tree Without Leaves
Original Story
Tree Without Leaves
Screenplay
Dangerous Liaisons
Screenplay
Manji
Screenplay
Flame of My Love
Screenplay
Tokyo Elegy
Screenplay
Two Wives
Screenplay
Before Dawn
Screenplay
Libido
Writer
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
Writer
A Man from Akagi
Screenplay
Elegant Beast
Screenplay
Elegant Beast
Original Story
Freedom School
Screenplay
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Screenplay
Children of Hiroshima
Writer
Who Will Judge Me?
Writer
Dynamite Doctor
Screenplay
The Shadow of Fear
Writer
Their Legacy
Writer
Actress
Screenplay
Mother
Writer
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Writer
Postcard
Screenplay
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Screenplay
The Tale of Genji
Writer
Strong Women, Weak Men
Screenplay
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Screenplay
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
Screenplay
Kanawa
Writer
Story of a Beloved Wife
Screenplay
The Geisha House
Screenplay
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Screenplay
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Adaptation
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
Screenplay
Wandering Shore
Writer
By Player
Writer
The Battleship on the Ground
Screenplay
The Battleship on the Ground
Adaptation
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
Writer
The Wolves
Screenplay
The Aristocrat's Stairs
Adaptation
Ameyuki-san
Teleplay
Diary of Forsaken Love
Writer
Black Lizard
Screenplay
Will to Live
Writer
Break Down that Wall
Writer
Black Board
Writer
Tsumiki kuzushi
Screenplay
The Strangling
Screenplay
Heat Wave Island
Screenplay
Devotion to Railway
Screenplay
Saijoke no kyoen
Screenplay
Jōen no hatoba
Screenplay
A Public Benefactor
Writer
The White Orchid
Screenplay
A Nice Guy
Writer
The Incident
Screenplay
Here's to the Young Lady
Writer
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Screenplay
The Horizon
Writer
A Last Note
Original Story
A Last Note
Screenplay
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Screenplay
On This Earth
Writer
The Three Undelivered Letters
Screenplay
Easy-Going Married Couple
Screenplay
When Women Lie
Writer
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Screenplay
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Screenplay
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Screenplay
If Indeed One Loves
Screenplay
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Writer
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
Writer
Conquest
Screenplay
Clothes of Deception
Screenplay
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
Screenplay
Sakura-tai Chiru
Writer
My Way
Writer
Wakai hito-tachi
Writer
Rennyo and His Mother
Writer
Destiny's Son
Writer
The Great Road
Writer
Night Drum
Screenplay
The Ball at the Anjo House
Writer
Faraway Sunset
Screenplay
Faraway Sunset
Novel
The Life of Chikuzan
Writer
Who's the Real Killer
Writer
The Bride from Japan
Writer
Human
Writer
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Screenplay
Don't Mind
Screenplay
Stolen Pleasure
Screenplay
Drunken Harbor
Screenplay
Hymn
Screenplay
The Naked Sun
Screenplay
Miniature
Screenplay
The Ladder of Success
Writer
This Madding Crowd
Screenplay
Devil's Temple
Writer
Lost Sex
Writer
Ditch
Screenplay
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Screenplay
Alps Story: The Wild
Writer
Magnitude 7.9
Screenplay
Great X
Screenplay
Camellia Gate
Adaptation
The Women of Osaka Castle
Screenplay
The End of the War
Screenplay
Judge of the Ashuras
Screenplay
Seisaku's Wife
Screenplay
The Whale God
Screenplay
Jealousy
Writer
Wedding Day
Screenplay
The Lucky General
Screenplay
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Screenplay
Spring Snow
Screenplay
The Gorgeous Geisha
Writer
Dancing Girl
Screenplay
Kōfuku no genkai
Screenplay
Talented Woman
Screenplay
The Shadow Daughter
Writer
Turbid Youth
Screenplay
Teacher and Three Children
Screenplay
Women of Ginza
Screenplay
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
Screenplay
Forbidden Lips
Screenplay
The Man of Rumor
Screenplay
Actress
Screenplay
Murahachibu
Writer
A Grain of Wheat
Writer
Netsuai sha
Writer
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Screenplay
Love and Duty
Writer
Shadow Conspirator
Screenplay
The Gambling Samurai
Writer
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
Screenplay
Hell's Assassin
Screenplay
Challenge to Live
Screenplay
Haitoku no mesu
Screenplay
Marriage
Screenplay
The Woman Who Holds the Key
Screenplay
Master Fencer Sees the World
Screenplay
The Matsukawa Incident
Screenplay
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
Screenplay
Shojohou
Writer
Sisters
Writer
Drive for the Future
Screenplay
Face in the Dark
Screenplay
Pursuit At Dawn
Writer
The Precipice
Screenplay
Harbor Rats
Screenplay
Cape Ashizuri
Screenplay
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Writer
Temptation
Writer
A Design for Dying
Screenplay
Sisters of Nishijin
Writer
Maiko and the Assassin
Screenplay
The Navy
Screenplay
Sweet Secret
Screenplay
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Screenplay
The Beauty and the Dragon
Writer
Reminiscence
Screenplay
The Wayside Pebble
Screenplay
Crossroads in Tokyo
Screenplay
As the Clouds Scatter
Screenplay
Victory of Women
Screenplay
Izayoi kaidō
Screenplay
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
Screenplay
The Suitors
Screenplay
Desire
Writer
The Heart
Writer
Strange Affinity
Writer
Love is Lost
Screenplay
Violence
Writer
The Lovers
Screenplay