Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who 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 screenplays were filmed by directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Seijun Suzuki, and Tadashi Imai.
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The Dreadful
writer
2026
Hachiko
writer
2023
Postcard
writer
2010
Postcard
director
2010
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
writer
2009
Teacher and Three Children
writer
2008
Teacher and Three Children
director
2008
What's a Director?
actor
2006
Owl
writer
2003
Owl
director
2003
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
writer
2001
By Player
writer
2000
By Player
actor
2000
By Player
director
2000
The Perfect Education
writer
1999
The Geisha House
writer
1999
Will to Live
director
1999
Will to Live
writer
1999
A Last Note
director
1995
A Last Note
writer
1995
Faraway Sunset
writer
1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
director
1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
writer
1992
Crossroads in Tokyo
writer
1991
Sakura-tai Chiru
writer
1988
Sakura-tai Chiru
director
1988
Hachiko
writer
1987
Actress
writer
1987
Tree Without Leaves
writer
1986
Tree Without Leaves
director
1986
Black Board
writer
1986
Black Board
director
1986
The Horizon
director
1984
The Horizon
writer
1984
Tsumiki kuzushi
writer
1983
The Women of Osaka Castle
writer
1983
I Lived, But...
actor
1983
Shadow Conspirator
writer
1982
Rennyo and His Mother
writer
1981
Edo Porn
writer
1981
Edo Porn
director
1981
Drive for the Future
writer
1980
Magnitude 7.9
writer
1980
The Three Undelivered Letters
writer
1979
The Strangling
director
1979
The Strangling
writer
1979
Ameyuki-san
writer
1979
The Incident
writer
1978
A Young Female Instructor
writer
1978
Dangerous Liaisons
writer
1978
The Life of Chikuzan
writer
1977
The Life of Chikuzan
director
1977
The Perennial Weed
writer
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
director
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
actor
1975
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
writer
1975
My Way
director
1974
My Way
writer
1974
The Heart
director
1973
The Heart
writer
1973
Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
writer
1973
Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
writer
1973
Hymn
writer
1972
Hymn
actor
1972
Hymn
director
1972
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
writer
1972
Kanawa
director
1972
Kanawa
writer
1972
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
writer
1972
The Battle of Okinawa
writer
1971
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
writer
1971
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
director
1970
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
writer
1970
Strange Affinity
writer
1970
Strange Affinity
director
1970
Heat Wave Island
writer
1969
Heat Wave Island
director
1969
Devil's Temple
writer
1969
Thousand Cranes
writer
1969
Strong Women, Weak Men
director
1968
Strong Women, Weak Men
writer
1968
Kuroneko
director
1968
Kuroneko
writer
1968
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
writer
1967
A Fallen Woman
writer
1967
Two Wives
writer
1967
Drunken Harbor
writer
1966
Fighting Elegy
writer
1966
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
writer
1966
Irezumi
writer
1966
Seisaku's Wife
writer
1965
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
writer
1965
Onibaba
writer
1964
Onibaba
director
1964
Manji
writer
1964
A Public Benefactor
writer
1964
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
writer
1963
Maiko and the Assassin
writer
1963
The Navy
writer
1963
When Women Lie
writer
1963
Elegant Beast
writer
1962
Human
writer
1962
Human
director
1962
The Whale God
writer
1962
Destiny's Son
writer
1962
This Madding Crowd
writer
1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
writer
1962
Black Lizard
writer
1962
Stolen Pleasure
writer
1962
Haitoku no mesu
writer
1961
As the Clouds Scatter
writer
1961
A Design for Dying
writer
1961
Challenge to Live
writer
1961
The Matsukawa Incident
writer
1961
The Wayside Pebble
writer
1960
The Naked Island
director
1960
The Naked Island
writer
1960
Devotion to Railway
writer
1960
Master Fencer Sees the World
writer
1960
The Gambling Samurai
writer
1960
The Great Road
writer
1960
Break Down that Wall
writer
1959
Talented Woman
writer
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
writer
1959
Lucky Dragon No. 5
director
1959
The Ladder of Success
writer
1958
The Naked Sun
writer
1958
Face in the Dark
writer
1958
A Grain of Wheat
writer
1958
Night Drum
writer
1958
The Precipice
writer
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
director
1958
Sorrow Is Only for Women
writer
1958
On This Earth
writer
1957
But the Flesh is Weak
writer
1957
Harbor Rats
writer
1957
Harbor Rats
director
1957
Who's the Real Killer
writer
1957
Actress
writer
1956
Actress
director
1956
How Sorrowful
writer
1956
Love is Lost
writer
1956
Love is Lost
director
1956
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
writer
1956
The Motherless
writer
1955
The Beauty and the Dragon
writer
1955
If Indeed One Loves
writer
1955
The Wolves
director
1955
The Wolves
writer
1955
Sisters
writer
1955
Turbid Youth
writer
1954
Ditch
writer
1954
Ditch
director
1954
Before Dawn
writer
1953
Yokubo
writer
1953
Miniature
director
1953
Miniature
writer
1953
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
writer
1953
Children of Hiroshima
writer
1952
Children of Hiroshima
director
1952
Sisters of Nishijin
writer
1952
Story of a Beloved Wife
writer
1951
Story of a Beloved Wife
director
1951
Dancing Girl
writer
1951
The Tale of Genji
writer
1951
The White Orchid
writer
1951
Clothes of Deception
writer
1951
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
writer
1950
The Bells of Nagasaki
writer
1950
Alps Story: The Wild
writer
1950
Pursuit At Dawn
writer
1950
Here's to the Young Lady
writer
1949
Flame of My Love
writer
1949
Jealousy
writer
1949
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
writer
1948
Great X
writer
1948
Temptation
writer
1948
The Man of Rumor
writer
1948
The Ball at the Anjo House
writer
1947
Victory of Women
writer
1946