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
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Movies (47)
Hachiko
Original Story (Writing)
2023
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
as Self
2011
Postcard
Director (Directing)
2010
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Original Film Writer (Writing)
2009
Teacher and Three Children
Director (Directing)
2008
The Battleship on the Ground
2007
What's a Director?
2006
Owl
Director (Directing)
2003
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Screenplay (Writing)
2001
By Player
2000
The Perfect Education
Writer (Writing)
1999
Will to Live
Writer (Writing)
1999
The Geisha House
Screenplay (Writing)
1999
Solitude Point
Screenplay (Writing)
1998
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Screenplay (Writing)
1996
A Last Note
Writer (Writing)
1995
Faraway Sunset
Screenplay (Writing)
1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Director (Directing)
1992
Crossroads in Tokyo
Screenplay (Writing)
1991
Don't Mind
Screenplay (Writing)
1990
Sakura-tai Chiru
Director (Directing)
1988
Hachiko
Story (Writing)
1987
Actress
Writer (Writing)
1987
Tree Without Leaves
Director (Directing)
1986
Black Board
Writer (Writing)
1986
The Horizon
Writer (Writing)
1984
Tsumiki kuzushi
Screenplay (Writing)
1983
The Women of Osaka Castle
Screenplay (Writing)
1983
I Lived, But...
as Self
1983
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Screenplay (Writing)
1983
Shadow Conspirator
Screenplay (Writing)
1982
Rennyo and His Mother
Writer (Writing)
1981
Edo Porn
Writer (Writing)
1981
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Screenplay (Writing)
1981
Drive for the Future
Screenplay (Writing)
1980
Magnitude 7.9
Screenplay (Writing)
1980
The Three Undelivered Letters
Writer (Writing)
1979
The Strangling
Director (Directing)
1979
Horror of the Giant Vortex
Writer (Writing)
1978
The Incident
Screenplay (Writing)
1978
A Young Female Instructor
Screenplay (Writing)
1978
Dangerous Liaisons
Screenplay (Writing)
1978
Document 8.6
Director (Directing)
1977
The Life of Chikuzan
Director (Directing)
1977
The Perennial Weed
Screenplay (Writing)
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
as Self
1975
My Way
Director (Directing)
1974
