Biography
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 in the final year of WWII. After writing scripts for several other directors, he founded Kindai Eiga productions and turned director himself in 1951. Although he continued writing scripts for others, he directed nearly 50 films before dying in 2012, just after his 100th birthday. His grand-daughter Shindo Kaze is an independent filmmaker in her own right.
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Screenwriter
Series | |
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1976 |
Shin Zatoichi |
1974 |
Tale of Zatoichi, The |
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 |
Last Note, A |
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 |
Life of Chikuzan, The |
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 |
Gutter, The |
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 |
The Life and Works of Yasujiro Ozu |
1975 |
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director |