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