Masahiro Shinoda

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Masahiro Shinoda

Directing March 9, 1931

Gifu, Gifu, Japan

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 p…

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Funeral Parade of Roses

Funeral Parade of Roses

7.6 1969 Movie
Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

7.7 1957 Movie
Pale Flower

Pale Flower

7.4 1964 Movie
Double Suicide

Double Suicide

7.0 1969 Movie
Samurai Spy

Samurai Spy

6.4 1965 Movie
Silence

Silence

7.2 1971 Movie
Demon Pond

Demon Pond

6.6 1979 Movie
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

7.0 1975 Movie
Assassination

Assassination

7.1 1964 Movie
Himiko

Himiko

7.0 1974 Movie
Ballad of Orin

Ballad of Orin

7.2 1977 Movie
Gonza the Spearman

Gonza the Spearman

7.0 1986 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2009
    Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'

    Movie Self

  2. 2007
    Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky

    Movie Screenplay

  3. 2003
    Spy Sorge

    Movie Director

  4. 1999
    Owls' Castle

    Movie Director

  5. 1997
    Moonlight Serenade

    Movie Director

  6. 1995
    Sharaku

    Movie Screenplay

  7. 1993
    Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'

    Movie Self

  8. 1990
    Takeshi: Childhood Days

    Movie Director

  9. 1989
    The Dancer

    Movie Director

  10. 1986
    Gonza the Spearman

    Movie Director

  11. 1985
    Allusion: Reincarnation Story

    Movie Director

  12. 1984
    MacArthur's Children

    Movie Director

  13. 1981
    Island of the Evil Spirits

    Movie Director

  14. 1979
    Demon Pond

    Movie Director

  15. 1977
    Ballad of Orin

    Movie Director

  16. 1975
    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 1974
    Himiko

    Movie Producer

  2. 1973
    The Petrified Forest

    Movie Director

  3. 1972
    Sapporo Winter Olympics

    Movie Director

  4. 1971
    Silence

    Movie Director

  5. 1970
    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

    Movie Director

  6. 1969
    Funeral Parade of Roses

    Movie

  7. 1969
    Double Suicide

    Movie Writer

  8. 1967
    Clouds at Sunset

    Movie Director

  9. 1966
    Captive's Island

    Movie Director

  10. 1965
    Samurai Spy

    Movie Director

  11. 1965
    With Beauty and Sorrow

    Movie Director

  12. 1964
    Assassination

    Movie Director

  13. 1964
    Pale Flower

    Movie Director

  14. 1962
    A Flame at the Pier

    Movie Director

  15. 1962
    Glory on the Summit

    Movie Director

  16. 1962
    Our Marriage

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1961
    Love New and Old

    Movie Director

  18. 1961
    Epitaph to My Love

    Movie Director

  19. 1961
    Killers on Parade

    Movie Director

  20. 1960
    Youth in Fury

    Movie Director

  21. 1960
    One-Way Ticket to Love

    Movie Director

  22. 1957
    Tokyo Twilight

    Movie Assistant Director