Kaneto Shindō

Writer 145 / Director 38 / Actor 6 · 1946 – 2026 · 🎬 189 📖 1 · 🇯🇵 Japan

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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Highlights

The Bride from Japan

The Bride from Japan

1959

The Bride from Japan

The Bride from Japan

1959

Break Down that Wall

Break Down that Wall

1959

Frequent Collaborators

Taiji Tonoyama

78 shared

Nobuko Otowa

76 shared

Jukichi Uno

34 shared

Ichirō Sugai

Ichirō Sugai

27 shared

Rokkō Toura

24 shared

Eitarō Ozawa

24 shared

All decades 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

🎬 Movies

The Bride from Japan

The Bride from Japan

writer

1959

The Bride from Japan

The Bride from Japan

director

1959

Break Down that Wall

Break Down that Wall

writer

1959

Talented Woman

Talented Woman

writer

1959

Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5

director

1959

Lucky Dragon No. 5

Lucky Dragon No. 5

writer

1959

The Ladder of Success

The Ladder of Success

writer

1958

The Naked Sun

The Naked Sun

writer

1958

Face in the Dark

Face in the Dark

writer

1958

A Grain of Wheat

A Grain of Wheat

writer

1958

Night Drum

Night Drum

writer

1958

The Precipice

The Precipice

writer

1958

Sorrow Is Only for Women

Sorrow Is Only for Women

writer

1958

Sorrow Is Only for Women

Sorrow Is Only for Women

director

1958

On This Earth

On This Earth

writer

1957

But the Flesh is Weak

But the Flesh is Weak

writer

1957

Harbor Rats

Harbor Rats

director

1957

Harbor Rats

Harbor Rats

writer

1957

Who's the Real Killer

Who's the Real Killer

writer

1957

Actress

Actress

director

1956

Actress

Actress

writer

1956

How Sorrowful

writer

1956

Love is Lost

Love is Lost

writer

1956

Love is Lost

Love is Lost

director

1956

Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

writer

1956

The Motherless

writer

1955

The Beauty and the Dragon

The Beauty and the Dragon

writer

1955

If Indeed One Loves

If Indeed One Loves

writer

1955

The Wolves

The Wolves

writer

1955

The Wolves

The Wolves

director

1955

Sisters

Sisters

writer

1955

Turbid Youth

Turbid Youth

writer

1954

Ditch

Ditch

writer

1954

Ditch

Ditch

director

1954

Cape Ashizuri

Cape Ashizuri

writer

1954

Before Dawn

Before Dawn

writer

1953

Yokubo

Yokubo

writer

1953

Miniature

Miniature

writer

1953

Miniature

Miniature

director

1953

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

writer

1953

Children of Hiroshima

Children of Hiroshima

director

1952

Children of Hiroshima

Children of Hiroshima

writer

1952

Sisters of Nishijin

Sisters of Nishijin

writer

1952

Story of a Beloved Wife

Story of a Beloved Wife

writer

1951

Story of a Beloved Wife

Story of a Beloved Wife

director

1951

Dancing Girl

Dancing Girl

writer

1951

Saijoke no kyoen

Saijoke no kyoen

writer

1951

The Tale of Genji

The Tale of Genji

writer

1951

The White Orchid

The White Orchid

writer

1951

Clothes of Deception

Clothes of Deception

writer

1951

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

writer

1950

The Bells of Nagasaki

The Bells of Nagasaki

writer

1950

Alps Story: The Wild

Alps Story: The Wild

writer

1950

Pursuit At Dawn

Pursuit At Dawn

writer

1950

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