Masahiro Shinoda
Biography
Masahiro Shinoda (篠田 正浩 Shinoda Masahiro, March 9, 1931 – March 25, 2025) was a Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s. He married the actress Shima Iwashita, who appears in several of his films, such as 1969's Double Suicide. His 1986 film Gonza the Spearman was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. He won the 1991 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for Childhood Days. He retired from directing after the release of Spy Sorge in 2003, a biopic on the life of Richard Sorge.
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Movies (38)
Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'
as Self
2009
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
Screenplay (Writing)
2007
Spy Sorge
Director (Directing)
2003
Owls' Castle
Writer (Writing)
1999
Moonlight Serenade
Director (Directing)
1997
Sharaku
Screenplay (Writing)
1995
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'
as Self
1993
Takeshi: Childhood Days
Director (Directing)
1990
The Dancer
Director (Directing)
1989
Gonza the Spearman
Director (Directing)
1986
Allusion: Reincarnation Story
Director (Directing)
1985
MacArthur's Children
Director (Directing)
1984
Island of the Evil Spirits
Director (Directing)
1981
Demon Pond
Director (Directing)
1979
Ballad of Orin
Director (Directing)
1977
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Director (Directing)
1975
Himiko
Producer (Production)
1974
The Petrified Forest
Director (Directing)
1973
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Director (Directing)
1972
Silence
Director (Directing)
1971
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Director (Directing)
1970
Funeral Parade of Roses
1969
Double Suicide
Writer (Writing)
1969
Clouds at Sunset
Director (Directing)
1967
Captive's Island
Director (Directing)
1966
Samurai Spy
Director (Directing)
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
Director (Directing)
1965
Assassination
Director (Directing)
1964
Pale Flower
Director (Directing)
1964
A Flame at the Pier
Director (Directing)
1962
Glory on the Summit
Director (Directing)
1962
Our Marriage
Screenplay (Writing)
1962
Love New and Old
Director (Directing)
1961
Epitaph to My Love
Director (Directing)
1961
Killers on Parade
Director (Directing)
1961
Youth in Fury
Director (Directing)
1960
One Way Ticket to Love
Director (Directing)
1960
Tokyo Twilight
Assistant Director (Directing)
1957