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...


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
Story
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
Director
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
Director
1974

The Heart
Director
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
Director
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
Director
1967

Two Wives
Screenplay
1967

The Suitors
Screenplay
1967

Drunken Harbor
Screenplay
1966

Fighting Elegy
Screenplay
1966

Dynamite Doctor Returns
Screenplay
1966

Lost Sex
Director
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
Director
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
Director
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
Director
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
Director
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
Executive Producer
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
Director
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