Kaneto Shindō
Directing • AGE 100
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 appea...
Filmography
The Dreadful
Original Film Writer
2026
Hachiko
Original Story
2023
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Self
2011
Postcard
Director
2010
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Original Film Writer
2009
Teacher and Three Children
Director
2008
The Battleship on the Ground
2007
What's a Director?
2006
Owl
Director
2003
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Screenplay
2001
By Player
2000
The Perfect Education
Writer
1999
Will to Live
Director
1999
The Geisha House
Screenplay
1999
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Screenplay
1996
A Last Note
Director
1995
Faraway Sunset
Screenplay
1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Director
1992
Crossroads in Tokyo
Screenplay
1991
Don't Mind
Screenplay
1990
Sakura-tai Chiru
Director
1988
Hachiko
Screenplay
1987
Actress
Screenplay
1987
Tree Without Leaves
Director
1986
Black Board
Director
1986
The Horizon
Director
1984
Tsumiki kuzushi
Screenplay
1983
The Women of Osaka Castle
Screenplay
1983
I Lived, But...
Self
1983
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Screenplay
1983
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
Writer
1983
Shadow Conspirator
Screenplay
1982
Deathquake
Writer
1982
Rennyo and His Mother
Writer
1981
Edo Porn
Writer
1981
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Screenplay
1981
Drive for the Future
Screenplay
1980
Magnitude 7.9
Screenplay
1980
The Three Undelivered Letters
Screenplay
1979
The Strangling
Director
1979
Ameyuki-san
Teleplay
1979
The Incident
Screenplay
1978
Dangerous Liaisons
Screenplay
1978
The Life of Chikuzan
Director
1977
The Perennial Weed
Screenplay
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
Self
1975
My Way
Writer
1974
The Heart
Writer
1973
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Screenplay
1973
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
Writer
1973
Hymn
Researcher
1972
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
Screenplay
1972
Kanawa
Producer
1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
Screenplay
1972
Sweet Secret
Screenplay
1971
The Battle of Okinawa
Screenplay
1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Screenplay
1971
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Director
1970
Strange Affinity
Writer
1970
Heat Wave Island
Director
1969
Devil's Temple
Writer
1969
Thousand Cranes
Writer
1969
Strong Women, Weak Men
Director
1968
Kuroneko
Director
1968
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
Writer
1968
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
Screenplay
1967
Libido
Writer
1967
Two Wives
Screenplay
1967
The Suitors
Screenplay
1967
Drunken Harbor
Screenplay
1966
Fighting Elegy
Screenplay
1966
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Screenplay
1966
Lost Sex
Producer
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Screenplay
1966
Dynamite Doctor
Screenplay
1966
Irezumi
Screenplay
1966
Conquest
Director
1965
Seisaku's Wife
Screenplay
1965
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
Screenplay
1965
Onibaba
Art Direction
1964
The Gorgeous Geisha
Writer
1964
Manji
Screenplay
1964
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
Screenplay
1964
A Public Benefactor
Writer
1964
Onibaba : Film Location
1964
Mother
Director
1963
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
Screenplay
1963
Maiko and the Assassin
Screenplay
1963
The Navy
Screenplay
1963
When Women Lie
Writer
1963
Elegant Beast
Screenplay
1962
Human
Writer
1962
Hell's Assassin
Screenplay
1962
The Lucky General
Screenplay
1962
The Whale God
Screenplay
1962
Destiny's Son
Writer
1962
This Madding Crowd
Screenplay
1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
Screenplay
1962
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
Screenplay
1962
Black Lizard
Screenplay
1962
Stolen Pleasure
Screenplay
1962
Their Legacy
Writer
1962
Netsuai sha
Writer
1961
Haitoku no mesu
Screenplay
1961
As the Clouds Scatter
Screenplay
1961
A Design for Dying
Screenplay
1961
Challenge to Live
Screenplay
1961
The Lovers
Director
1961
The Matsukawa Incident
Screenplay
1961
The Wayside Pebble
Screenplay
1960
The Naked Island
Director
1960
Devotion to Railway
Screenplay
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
Screenplay
1960
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Writer
1960
A Nice Guy
Writer
1960
The Gambling Samurai
Writer
1960
The Great Road
Writer
1960
The Bride from Japan
Writer
1959
Break Down that Wall
Writer
1959
Talented Woman
Screenplay
1959
Diary of Forsaken Love
Writer
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Director
1959
The Ladder of Success
Writer
1958
The Naked Sun
Screenplay
1958
Face in the Dark
Screenplay
1958
A Grain of Wheat
Writer
1958
The Lowest Man
Screenplay
1958
Night Drum
Screenplay
1958
The Precipice
Screenplay
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
Director
1958
Forbidden Lips
Screenplay
1958
On This Earth
Writer
1957
But the Flesh is Weak
Writer
1957
Harbor Rats
Screenplay
1957
Who's the Real Killer
Writer
1957
The Shadow Daughter
Writer
1957
Actress
Screenplay
1956
The Shadow of Fear
Writer
1956
Ryûri no kishi
Director
1956
Wedding Day
Screenplay
1956
Love is Lost
Director
1956
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
Screenplay
1956
The Beauty and the Dragon
Writer
1955
If Indeed One Loves
Screenplay
1955
The Wolves
Director
1955
Sisters
Writer
1955
Women of Ginza
Screenplay
1955
Wakai hito-tachi
Writer
1954
Turbid Youth
Screenplay
1954
Ditch
Director
1954
Cape Ashizuri
Screenplay
1954
Love and Duty
Writer
1954
Onna no issho
Director
1953
Before Dawn
Screenplay
1953
Yokubo
Writer
1953
Miniature
Director
1953
Murahachibu
Writer
1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Writer
1953
Reminiscence
Screenplay
1953
Violence
Writer
1952
Children of Hiroshima
Writer
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
Writer
1952
Izayoi kaidō
Screenplay
1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
Director
1951
Dancing Girl
Screenplay
1951
Saijoke no kyoen
Screenplay
1951
The Tale of Genji
Writer
1951
Who Will Judge Me?
Writer
1951
The White Orchid
Screenplay
1951
Judge of the Ashuras
Screenplay
1951
Clothes of Deception
Screenplay
1951
Shojohou
Writer
1950
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
Screenplay
1950
A Man from Akagi
Screenplay
1950
The Bells of Nagasaki
Screenplay
1950
Alps Story: The Wild
Writer
1950
Pursuit At Dawn
Writer
1950
Spring Snow
Screenplay
1950
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Writer
1949
Here's to the Young Lady
Writer
1949
Flame of My Love
Screenplay
1949
Jealousy
Writer
1949
Kōfuku no genkai
Screenplay
1948
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Screenplay
1948
Great X
Screenplay
1948
Temptation
Writer
1948
The Man of Rumor
Screenplay
1948
The Ball at the Anjo House
Writer
1947
Marriage
Screenplay
1947
The Woman Who Holds the Key
Screenplay
1946
Victory of Women
Screenplay
1946
The 47 Ronin
Construction Coordinator
1941