Kaneto Shindō

Known for DirectingBorn 1912-04-22Died 2012-05-29Hiroshima, 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 WikipediaRead more

Movies & web series

Faraway Sunset

Tsumiki kuzushi

Drive for the Future

Libido

Their Legacy

The Matsukawa Incident

Who's the Real Killer

The Beauty and the Dragon

If Indeed One Loves

Before Dawn

Onna no issho

Judge of the Ashuras

Solitude Point

Rennyo and His Mother

Lost Sex

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

Challenge to Live

Netsuai sha

Master Fencer Sees the World

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

The Bride from Japan

Diary of Forsaken Love

The Lowest Man

The Precipice

Harbor Rats

Women of Ginza

The Motherless

Turbid Youth

Cape Ashizuri

Yokubo

By Player

The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

Hachiko

Hachi: A Dog's Tale

The Life of Chikuzan

The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa

Thousand Cranes

The Heart

Don't Mind

Tree Without Leaves

Strange Affinity

The Geisha House

The House of the Sleeping Virgins

Strong Women, Weak Men

Hachiko

The Strange Tale of Oyuki

The Gorgeous Geisha

When Women Lie