Directing
Kaneto Shindō
EN, ZH, FR, JA cinema · 211 credits
Born
22 April 1912
Died
29 May 2012 (aged 100)
Birthplace
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
Known for
Filmography
The Dreadful
Original Film Writer
Hachiko
Original Story
Postcard
Director, Screenplay
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Original Film Writer
Teacher and Three Children
Director, Screenplay
The Battleship on the Ground
Actor, Screenplay, Adaptation
Owl
Director, Writer, Production Design
By Player
Actor, Director, Writer
Will to Live
Director, Writer
The Geisha House
Screenplay
ユキエ
1998
Solitude Point
Screenplay
A Last Note
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Director, Writer
Faraway Sunset
Screenplay, Novel
Crossroads in Tokyo
Screenplay
ゼロの焦点
1991
ゼロの焦点
Screenplay
Don't Mind
Screenplay
Sakura-tai Chiru
Director, Writer
Hachiko
Story, Screenplay
Actress
Screenplay
Tree Without Leaves
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
Black Board
Director, Writer
The Horizon
Director, Writer
I Lived, But...
as Self
Tsumiki kuzushi
Screenplay
Shadow Conspirator
Screenplay
Edo Porn
Director, Writer
Drive for the Future
Screenplay
Magnitude 7.9
Screenplay
The Strangling
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Ameyuki-san
Teleplay
The Incident
Screenplay
Dangerous Liaisons
Screenplay
The Life of Chikuzan
Director, Writer
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self, Director, Writer
The Perennial Weed
Screenplay
My Way
Director, Writer
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Screenplay
The Heart
Director, Writer, Producer
Hymn
as Researcher, Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
Kanawa
Producer, Director, Writer
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
Screenplay
Sweet Secret
Screenplay
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Screenplay
The Battle of Okinawa
Screenplay
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Director, Screenplay
Strange Affinity
Director, Writer
Heat Wave Island
Director, Screenplay
Kuroneko
Director, Screenplay
Strong Women, Weak Men
Director, Screenplay
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Screenplay
Libido
Director, Writer
Two Wives
Screenplay
The Suitors
Screenplay
Dynamite Doctor
Screenplay
Drunken Harbor
Screenplay
Irezumi
Screenplay
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Screenplay
Lost Sex
Director, Writer, Producer
Fighting Elegy
Screenplay
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
Screenplay
Conquest
Director, Screenplay
Seisaku's Wife
Screenplay
Onibaba
Director, Art Direction, Screenplay
Manji
Screenplay
Camellia Gate
Adaptation
Mother
Director, Writer, Production Design
The Navy
Screenplay
Maiko and the Assassin
Screenplay
Human
Director, Writer, Art Direction
Black Lizard
Screenplay
The Lucky General
Screenplay
Hell's Assassin
Screenplay
Stolen Pleasure
Screenplay
The Whale God
Screenplay
Elegant Beast
Screenplay, Original Story
This Madding Crowd
Screenplay
As the Clouds Scatter
Screenplay
Challenge to Live
Screenplay
The Matsukawa Incident
Screenplay
A Design for Dying
Screenplay
Haitoku no mesu
Screenplay
Netsuai sha
Writer
The Lovers
Director, Screenplay
The Naked Island
Director, Producer, Writer, Production Design
Master Fencer Sees the World
Screenplay
The Wayside Pebble
Screenplay
Devotion to Railway
Screenplay
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Director, Screenplay
The Bride from Japan
Director, Writer
Talented Woman
Screenplay
Forbidden Lips
Screenplay
The Lowest Man
Screenplay, Writer
The Precipice
Screenplay
Night Drum
Screenplay
Face in the Dark
Screenplay
The Naked Sun
Screenplay
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Director, Screenplay
Harbor Rats
Screenplay, Director
Wedding Day
Screenplay
Wandering Shore
Director, Writer
Love is Lost
Director, Screenplay
Actress
Director, Screenplay
Yonjū-hassai no teikō
Adaptation
The Wolves
Director, Screenplay
Women of Ginza
Screenplay
母なき子
1955
The Motherless
Screenplay
Sisters
Writer
If Indeed One Loves
Screenplay
Ditch
Director, Screenplay
Turbid Youth
Screenplay
Cape Ashizuri
Executive Producer, Screenplay
Miniature
Director, Screenplay
Before the Dawn
Screenplay, Executive Producer
Reminiscence
Screenplay
Life of a Woman
Director, Writer
Desire
Writer
Children of Hiroshima
Director, Writer
Violence
Writer
雪崩
1952
Avalanche
Director, Screenplay
Story of a Beloved Wife
Director, Screenplay
Izayoi kaidō
Screenplay
Judge of the Ashuras
Screenplay
Clothes of Deception
Screenplay
Dancing Girl
Screenplay
The White Orchid
Screenplay
Saijoke no kyoen
Screenplay
Freedom School
Screenplay
Jōen no hatoba
Screenplay
Tokyo Elegy
Screenplay
The Bells of Nagasaki
Screenplay
Spring Snow
Screenplay
A Man from Akagi
Screenplay
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Screenplay
The End of the War
Screenplay
Flame of My Love
Screenplay
Temptation
Writer
Kōfuku no genkai
Screenplay
Great X
Screenplay
The Man of Rumor
Screenplay
Marriage
Screenplay
Victory of Women
Screenplay
The 47 Ronin
Construction Coordinator
乙女橋
1936
Otomebashi
Set Designer, Adaptation