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person_profile-Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindō Died at age: 100

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kaneto Shindō

Date of Birth:

Apr 22, 1912

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

May 29, 2012

Biography of

Kaneto Shindō

    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.

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Filmography of

Kaneto Shindō

Found 39 Movies in total

Postcard

Writer

... 2010

... 2008

... 2000

... 1999

... 1995

... 1992

... 1988

Tree Without Leaves

Original Story

... 1986

... 1986

... 1984

Edo Porn

Writer

... 1981

The Strangling

Screenplay

... 1979

... 1975

... 1973

Hymn

Researcher ( Actor )

Writer

... 1972

... 1972

... 1970

... 1969

... 1968

Kuroneko

Screenplay

... 1968

Lost Sex

Writer

... 1966

Conquest

Screenplay

... 1965

Onibaba

Art Direction

... 1964

Mother

Production Design

... 1963

Human

Art Direction

... 1962

The Naked Island

Production Design

... 1960

... 1959

... 1959

... 1958

Harbor Rats

Screenplay

... 1957

Actress

Screenplay

... 1956

... 1956

Love is Lost

Screenplay

... 1956

The Wolves

Screenplay

... 1955

The Ditch

Screenplay

... 1954

... 1953

Miniature

Screenplay

... 1953

... 1952

... 1951