Kaneto Shindō
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 Im…
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Filmography
Acting (7)
Crew (217)
Movies (214)
The Dreadful
2026Original Film Writer
Hachiko
2023Original Story
Postcard
2010Director
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
2009Original Film Writer
Teacher and Three Children
2008Director
The Battleship on the Ground
2007Screenplay
Owl
2003Director
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001Screenplay
By Player
2000Director
The Perfect Education
1999Writer
The Geisha House
1999Screenplay
Will to Live
1999Director
Solitude Point
1998Screenplay
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996Screenplay
A Last Note
1995Director
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992Director
Faraway Sunset
1992Screenplay
Crossroads in Tokyo
1991Screenplay
Don't Mind
1990Screenplay
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988Director
Hachiko
1987Screenplay
Hachiko
1987Story
Actress
1987Screenplay
Tree Without Leaves
1986Director
Tree Without Leaves
1986Original Story
Tree Without Leaves
1986Screenplay
Black Board
1986Director
The Horizon
1984Director
The Women of Osaka Castle
1983Screenplay
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
1983Screenplay
Tsumiki kuzushi
1983Screenplay
Shadow Conspirator
1982Screenplay
Edo Porn
1981Director
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981Screenplay
Rennyo and His Mother
1981Writer
Magnitude 7.9
1980Screenplay
Drive for the Future
1980Screenplay
The Strangling
1979Director
The Three Undelivered Letters
1979Screenplay
Horror of the Giant Vortex
1978Writer
A Young Female Instructor
1978Screenplay
Dangerous Liaisons
1978Screenplay
The Incident
1978Screenplay
The Life of Chikuzan
1977Director
Document 8.6
1977Director
The Perennial Weed
1975Screenplay
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975Director
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975Writer
My Way
1974Director
My Way
1974Writer
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973Screenplay
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
1973Writer
The Heart
1973Director
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972Screenplay
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
1972Screenplay
Hymn
1972Director
Hymn
1972Executive Producer
Hymn
1972Screenplay
Hymn
1972Writer
The Iron Crown
1972Director
The Iron Crown
1972Producer
The Iron Crown
1972Writer
The Battle of Okinawa
1971Screenplay
Sweet Secret
1971Screenplay
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971Screenplay
Strange Affinity
1970Writer
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970Director
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970Screenplay
Heat Wave Island
1969Director
Heat Wave Island
1969Screenplay
Thousand Cranes
1969Writer
Devil's Temple
1969Writer
Kuroneko
1968Director
Kuroneko
1968Screenplay
Strong Women, Weak Men
1968Director
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968Writer
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967Screenplay
The Suitors
1967Screenplay
Two Wives
1967Screenplay
Libido
1967Director
Libido
1967Writer
A Fallen Woman
1967Screenplay
Lost Sex
1966Producer
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966Screenplay
Drunken Harbor
1966Screenplay
Irezumi
1966Screenplay
Fighting Elegy
1966Screenplay
Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966Screenplay
Dynamite Doctor
1966Screenplay
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
1965Screenplay
Seisaku's Wife
1965Screenplay
Conquest
1965Director
Conquest
1965Screenplay
Onibaba
1964Art Direction
Onibaba
1964Director
Onibaba
1964Screenplay
The Gorgeous Geisha
1964Writer
A Public Benefactor
1964Writer
Manji
1964Screenplay
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964Screenplay
The Navy
1963Screenplay
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963Screenplay
Maiko and the Assassin
1963Screenplay
Mother
1963Director
When Women Lie
1963Writer
Elegant Beast
1962Screenplay
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962Screenplay
The Whale God
1962Screenplay
Human
1962Writer
Hell's Assassin
1962Screenplay
This Madding Crowd
1962Screenplay
Stolen Pleasure
1962Screenplay
Destiny's Son
1962Writer
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962Screenplay
The Lucky General
1962Screenplay
Black Lizard
1962Screenplay
Their Legacy
1962Writer
Challenge to Live
1961Screenplay
A Design for Dying
1961Screenplay
Netsuai sha
1961Writer
As the Clouds Scatter
1961Screenplay
Haitoku no mesu
1961Screenplay
The Matsukawa Incident
1961Screenplay
The Lovers
1961Director
The Lovers
1961Screenplay
The Naked Island
1960Director
The Naked Island
1960Producer
The Naked Island
1960Production Design
The Naked Island
1960Writer
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960Writer
Devotion to Railway
1960Screenplay
The Great Road
1960Writer
The Wayside Pebble
1960Screenplay
The Gambling Samurai
1960Writer
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960Screenplay
Break Down that Wall
1959Writer
The Bride from Japan
1959Director
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959Writer
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959Director
Talented Woman
1959Screenplay
The Lowest Man
1958Screenplay
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958Director
The Precipice
1958Screenplay
A Grain of Wheat
1958Writer
Face in the Dark
1958Screenplay
The Ladder of Success
1958Writer
Night Drum
1958Screenplay
The Naked Sun
1958Screenplay
Forbidden Lips
1958Screenplay
Who's the Real Killer
1957Writer
On This Earth
1957Writer
But the Flesh is Weak
1957Writer
Harbor Rats
1957Director
Harbor Rats
1957Screenplay
The Shadow Daughter
1957Writer
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
1956Screenplay
Wedding Day
1956Screenplay
Love is Lost
1956Director
Actress
1956Director
How Sorrowful
1956Screenplay
The Shadow of Fear
1956Writer
Ryûri no kishi
1956Director
If Indeed One Loves
1955Screenplay
The Motherless
1955Screenplay
The Wolves
1955Director
Sisters
1955Writer
Women of Ginza
1955Screenplay
The Beauty and the Dragon
1955Writer
Turbid Youth
1954Screenplay
Wakai hito-tachi
1954Writer
Ditch
1954Director
Cape Ashizuri
1954Executive Producer
Love and Duty
1954Writer
Yokubo
1953Writer
Miniature
1953Director
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953Writer
Murahachibu
1953Writer
Onna no issho
1953Director
Reminiscence
1953Screenplay
Before Dawn
1953Screenplay
Sisters of Nishijin
1952Writer
Children of Hiroshima
1952Writer
Violence
1952Writer
Who Will Judge Me?
1951Writer
Izayoi kaidō
1951Screenplay
Clothes of Deception
1951Screenplay
Dancing Girl
1951Screenplay
The Tale of Genji
1951Writer
The White Orchid
1951Screenplay
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951Director
Story of a Beloved Wife
1951Screenplay
Judge of the Ashuras
1951Screenplay
A Man from Akagi
1950Screenplay
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950Screenplay
Alps Story: The Wild
1950Writer
Pursuit At Dawn
1950Writer
The Bells of Nagasaki
1950Screenplay
Spring Snow
1950Screenplay
Shojohou
1950Writer
Here's to the Young Lady
1949Writer
Flame of My Love
1949Screenplay
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949Writer
Great X
1948Screenplay
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948Screenplay
Kōfuku no genkai
1948Screenplay
Temptation
1948Writer
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947Writer
Marriage
1947Screenplay
Waiting Woman
1946Writer
Victory of Women
1946Screenplay
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946Screenplay
The 47 Ronin
1941Construction Coordinator
Otomebashi
1936Adaptation
Otomebashi
1936Set Designer
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