Biography (1)
Kaneto Shindo became the family breadwinner at the age of 15 when his parents went bankrupt. Influenced both politically and aesthetically by the left-wing director of samurai films Yamanaka Sadao, he moved to Kyoto at the age of 25 and found a menial job as a production assistant with the company Shinko Kinema. There he became friendly with the similarly self-taught Mizoguchi, and went on to work on several Mizoguchi films. Drafted, he served as a soldier only… (more)
Screenwriter
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1976 |
Shin Zatoichi |
1974 |
The Tale of Zatoichi |
Documentaries | |
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1988 |
Sakura-tai Chiru |
1975 |
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director |
Director
Movies | |
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2010 |
Postcard |
2008 |
Teacher and Three Children |
2003 |
Owl |
2000 |
By Player |
1999 |
Will to Live |
1995 |
A Last Note |
1992 |
The Strange Tale of Oyuki |
1986 |
Black Board |
Burakkubódo |
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Tree Without Leaves |
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1984 |
Čiheisen |
1981 |
Edo Porn |
1979 |
Kósacu |
1977 |
The Life of Chikuzan |
1974 |
Waga michi |
1973 |
Kokoro |
1972 |
Kanawa |
Sanka |
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1970 |
Live Today, Die Tomorrow |
Shokkaku |
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1969 |
Heat Wave Island |
1968 |
Kuroneko |
Strong Women, Weak Men |
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1967 |
Libido |
1966 |
Lost Sex |
1965 |
Akuto |
1964 |
Onibaba |
1963 |
Mother |
1962 |
Ningen |
1960 |
The Naked Island |
1959 |
Lucky Dragon No. 5 |
The Bride from Japan |
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1957 |
Umi no jaródomo |
1956 |
Džojú |
Love is Lost |
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Ryūri no kishi |
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1955 |
Ókami |
1954 |
The Gutter |
1953 |
Epitome |
Onna no iššó |
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1952 |
Avalanche |
Children of Hiroshima |
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1951 |
Story of a Beloved Wife |
Documentaries | |
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1988 |
Sakura-tai Chiru |
1975 |
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director |
Producer
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1979 |
Kósacu |
1973 |
Kokoro |
1972 |
Kanawa |
Sanka |
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1966 |
Kokoro no sanmyaku |
Lost Sex |
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1960 |
The Naked Island |
1954 |
Cape Ashizuri |
Author
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2007 |
The Battleship on the Ground - short story |
2000 |
By Player - book |
1992 |
Faraway Sunset - book |
Actor
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2007 |
The Battleship on the Ground |
1972 |
Sanka |
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2000 |
The 23rd Annual Japan Academy Awards |
Documentaries | |
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2006 |
What's a Director? |
1983 |
I Lived, But... |
1975 |
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director |