Known For
Directing
Born
Apr 22, 1912
Died
May 29, 2012
Place of Birth
Hiroshima, Japan
Credits
214 titles
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 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
Known For
Filmography
The Dreadful
Original Film Writer
Hachiko
Original Story
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Self
Postcard
Director
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Original Film Writer
Teacher and Three Children
Director
The Battleship on the Ground
What's a Director?
Owl
Director
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Screenplay
By Player
The Perfect Education
Writer
The Geisha House
Screenplay
Will to Live
Director
Solitude Point
Screenplay
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Screenplay
A Last Note
Director
Faraway Sunset
Screenplay
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Director
ゼロの焦点
Screenplay
Crossroads in Tokyo
Screenplay
Don't Mind
Screenplay
Sakura-tai Chiru
Director
Hachiko
Story
Actress
Screenplay
Tree Without Leaves
Director
Black Board
Director
The Horizon
Director
Tsumiki kuzushi
Screenplay
The Women of Osaka Castle
Screenplay
I Lived, But...
Self
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Screenplay
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
Writer
Shadow Conspirator
Screenplay
Bijin Koroshi Series
Writer
Rennyo and His Mother
Writer
Edo Porn
Director
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Screenplay
Drive for the Future
Screenplay
Magnitude 7.9
Screenplay
The Three Undelivered Letters
Screenplay
The Strangling
Director
The 47 Ronins of Ako
Screenplay
Ameyuki-san
Teleplay
Horror of the Giant Vortex
Writer
The Incident
Screenplay
A Young Female Instructor
Screenplay
Dangerous Liaisons
Screenplay
Document 8.6
Director
The Life of Chikuzan
Director