Kaneto Shindō

Directing·Apr 22, 1912·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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kaneto Shindō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Film	Credit
Postcard2010 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Teacher and Three Children2008 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Owl2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
By Player2000 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Will to Live1999 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Last Note1995 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Strange Tale of Oyuki1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sakura-tai Chiru1988 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tree Without Leaves1986 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Black Board1986 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Horizon1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Edo Porn1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Strangling1979 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
DDocument 8.61977 · Director	Director
The Life of Chikuzan1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
My Way1974 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Heart1973 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Hymn1972 · Researcher, Director, Screenplay	Researcher, Director, Screenplay
Kanawa1972 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Strange Affinity1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Heat Wave Island1969 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Strong Women, Weak Men1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Kuroneko1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Libido1967 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lost Sex1966 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Conquest1965 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Onibaba1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Mother1963 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Human1962 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Lovers1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Naked Island1960 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Bride from Japan1959 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Lucky Dragon No. 51959 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Sorrow Is Only for Women1958 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Harbor Rats1957 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Actress1956 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Wandering Shore1956 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Love is Lost1956 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Wolves1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Ditch1954 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Life of a Woman1953 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Miniature1953 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Children of Hiroshima1952 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
AAvalanche1952 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Story of a Beloved Wife1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay