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Kaneto Shindō
Hiroshima, Japan
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 (…
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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
Filmography
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2026
The Dreadful
Movie Original Film Writer
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2023
Hachiko
Movie Original Story
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2011
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Movie Self
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2010
Postcard
Movie Director
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2009
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Movie Original Film Writer
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2008
Teacher and Three Children
Movie Director
- 2007
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2006
What's a Director?
Movie
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2003
Owl
Movie Director
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2001
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
Movie Screenplay
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2000
By Player
Movie
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1999
The Perfect Education
Movie Writer
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1999
The Geisha House
Movie Screenplay
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1999
Will to Live
Movie Director
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1998
Solitude Point
Movie Screenplay
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1996
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
Movie Screenplay
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1995
A Last Note
Movie Director
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1992
Faraway Sunset
Movie Screenplay
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1992
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
Movie Director
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1991
ゼロの焦点
Movie Screenplay
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1991
Crossroads in Tokyo
Movie Screenplay
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1990
Don't Mind
Movie Screenplay
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1988
Sakura-tai Chiru
Movie Director
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1987
Hachiko
Movie Story
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1987
Actress
Movie Screenplay
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1986
Tree Without Leaves
Movie Director
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1986
Black Board
Movie Director
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1984
The Horizon
Movie Director
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1983
Tsumiki kuzushi
Movie Screenplay
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1983
The Women of Osaka Castle
Movie Screenplay
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1983
I Lived, But...
Movie Self
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1983
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
Movie Screenplay
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1983
Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun
TV show Writer
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1982
Shadow Conspirator
Movie Screenplay
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1981
Bijin Koroshi Series
TV show Writer
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1981
Rennyo and His Mother
Movie Writer
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1981
Edo Porn
Movie Director
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1981
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
Movie Screenplay
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1980
Drive for the Future
Movie Screenplay
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1980
Magnitude 7.9
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