Kaneto Shindō
Directing
Born 1912-04-22
Died 2012-05-29
Hiroshima, Japan
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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.
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Filmography
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale
The Dreadful
The Perennial Weed
The Perfect Education
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
Onibaba
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Hachiko
Dynamite Doctor Returns
Edo Porn
Flame of My Love
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
A Man from Akagi
Irezumi
Their Legacy
Before Dawn
Life of a Woman
The 47 Ronin
Dynamite Doctor
Diary of Forsaken Love
Hachiko
The Battle of Okinawa
Who Will Judge Me?
A Fallen Woman
The Shadow of Fear
Wandering Shore
Libido
Kuroneko
Ishimatsu of the Forest
The Naked Island
The Lowest Man
The End of the War
The Gambling Samurai
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Owl
Lost Sex
Bijin Koroshi Series
The Aristocrat's Stairs
Manji
Children of Hiroshima
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
Black Board
Tsumiki kuzushi
The Geisha House
Conquest
The Incident
Mother
Actress
Devil's Temple
The Telephone Rings in the Evening
Elegant Beast
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
Fighting Elegy
A Last Note
Reminiscence
Marriage
Miniature
Two Wives
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