Directing
Masahiro Shinoda
JA, DE cinema · 38 credits
Born
9 March 1931
Died
25 March 2025 (aged 94)
Birthplace
Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Also known as 篠田 正浩 · Масахиро Синода
Masahiro Shinoda (篠田 正浩 Shinoda Masahiro, March 9, 1931 – March 25, 2025) was a Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s. He married the actress Shima Iwashita, who appears in several of his films, such as 1969's Double Suicide. His 1986 film Gonza the Spearman was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. He won the 1991 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for Childhood Days. He retired from directing after the release of Spy Sorge in 2003, a biopic on the life of Richard Sorge.
Known for
Filmography
Spy Sorge
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Original Story
Owls' Castle
Director, Screenplay
Moonlight Serenade
Director
Sharaku
Screenplay, Director, Editor
The Dancer
Director, Screenplay
Gonza the Spearman
Director
MacArthur's Children
Director
Demon Pond
Director
Ballad of Orin
Director, Screenplay
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Director, Screenplay
Himiko
Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Petrified Forest
Director
Silence
Director, Screenplay, Production Design
Double Suicide
Writer, Director, Producer
Clouds at Sunset
Director
Captive's Island
Director, Editor
Samurai Spy
Director
Pale Flower
Director, Screenplay
Assassination
Director
A Flame at the Pier
Director, Screenplay
Our Marriage
Screenplay, Director
Glory on the Summit
Director
Killers on Parade
Director
Love New and Old
Director
Epitaph to My Love
Director, Screenplay
Youth in Fury
Director
One-Way Ticket to Love
Director, Screenplay
Tokyo Twilight
Assistant Director