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Thousand Cranes
1969
Writer
Kaneto Shindō
Also known as: Kaneto Shindo, Shindō Kaneto, Shindo Kaneto...
Directing
Born:April 22, 1912
Died:May 29, 2012(aged 100)
Birthplace:Hiroshima, Japan
Nationality:Japan
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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 (188 movies)
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8.0
By Player
2000
Writer
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Miniature
1953
Screenplay
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The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992
Writer
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Sisters of Nishijin
1952
Writer
8.0
8.0
The Naked Island
1960
Writer
7.8
7.8
Tree Without Leaves
1986
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
The Heart
1973
Producer
7.8
7.8
Hachiko
1987
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
The Life of Chikuzan
1977
Writer
7.7
7.7
Onibaba
1964
Screenplay
7.6
7.6
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
1972
Screenplay
7.5
7.5
The Battle of Okinawa
1971
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
The Geisha House
1999
Screenplay
7.4
7.4
Kuroneko
1968
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Seisaku's Wife
1965
Screenplay
7.3
7.3
Two Wives
1967
Screenplay
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7.1
Children of Hiroshima
1952
Director
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7.1
Black Lizard
1962
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
Elegant Beast
1962
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975
Writer
7.1
7.1
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
Screenplay
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Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
Screenplay
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Wedding Day
1956
Screenplay
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A Last Note
1995
Writer
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Love is Lost
1956
Director
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7.0
Break Down that Wall
1959
Writer
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Actress
1987
Writer
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When Women Lie
1963
Writer
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The Ditch
1954
Director
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Marriage
1947
Screenplay
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Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970
Director
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6.9
Fighting Elegy
1966
Screenplay
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Irezumi
1966
Screenplay
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Mother
1963
Writer
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The Whale God
1962
Screenplay
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Stolen Pleasure
1962
Screenplay
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The Wolves
1955
Director
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6.8
The Ball at the Anjo House
1947
Writer
6.7
6.7
Destiny's Son
1962
Writer
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6.6
Human
1962
Writer
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6.5
I Lived, But...
1983
as Self
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6.5
Clothes of Deception
1951
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Here's to the Young Lady
1949
Writer
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6.5
Devotion to Railway
1960
Screenplay
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6.5
Victory of Women
1946
Screenplay
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6.4
Devil's Temple
1969
Writer
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6.3
Manji
1964
Screenplay
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Hymn
1972
Executive Producer
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6.3
Dancing Girl
1951
Screenplay
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6.3
Will to Live
1999
Writer
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6.3
The Gambling Samurai
1960
Writer
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6.3
The Incident
1978
Screenplay
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6.2
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
Screenplay
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The Perennial Weed
1975
Screenplay
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Teacher and Three Children
2008
Screenplay
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Owl
2003
Writer
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Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
1973
Screenplay
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Heat Wave Island
1969
Writer
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Temptation
1948
Writer
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A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
2001
Screenplay
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6.0
But the Flesh is Weak
1957
Writer
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The Three Undelivered Letters
1979
Writer
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6.0
A Design for Dying
1961
Screenplay
5.9
5.9
Edo Porn
1981
Director
5.7
5.7
My Way
1974
Writer
5.7
5.7
Sakura-tai Chiru
1988
Writer
5.7
5.7
Night Drum
1958
Screenplay
5.6
5.6
The Iron Crown
1972
Producer
5.5
5.5
The Tale of Genji
1951
Writer
5.5
5.5
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
1971
Screenplay
5.4
5.4
Postcard
2010
Screenplay
5.3
5.3
The Battleship on the Ground
2007
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
As the Clouds Scatter
1961
Screenplay
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Flame of My Love
1949
Screenplay
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5.0
Conquest
1965
Director
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5.0
The Perfect Education
1999
Writer
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4.9
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
1972
Screenplay
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4.7
Magnitude 7.9
1980
Screenplay
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4.4
The Strangling
1979
Screenplay
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Black Board
1986
Writer
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Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer
1973
Writer
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Dangerous Liaisons
1978
Screenplay
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1.0
The Rainbow-Colored Flower
1950
Screenplay
What's a Director?
2006
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
2011
as Self
Libido
1967
Director
On This Earth
1957
Writer
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
1948
Screenplay
Lost Sex
1966
Director
The Naked Sun
1958
Screenplay
Reminiscence
1953
Screenplay
Face in the Dark
1958
Screenplay
Challenge to Live
1961
Screenplay
Maiko and the Assassin
1963
Screenplay
Diary of Forsaken Love
1959
Writer
The Lovers
1961
Director
Strange Affinity
1970
Director
A Young Female Instructor
1978
Screenplay
The Navy
1963
Screenplay
Their Legacy
1962
Writer
The Lowest Man
1958
Writer
Love and Duty
1954
Writer
The Matsukawa Incident
1961
Screenplay
Faraway Sunset
1992
Screenplay
The Shadow Daughter
1957
Writer
Actress
1956
Director
The Wayside Pebble
1960
Screenplay
Ishimatsu of the Forest
1949
Writer
This Madding Crowd
1962
Screenplay
The White Orchid
1951
Screenplay
Who Will Judge Me?
1951
Writer
Crossroads in Tokyo
1991
Screenplay
Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958
Screenplay
Yokubo
1953
Writer
Onna no issho
1953
Writer
The Great Road
1960
Writer
Drive for the Future
1980
Screenplay
Haitoku no mesu
1961
Screenplay
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
1956
Screenplay
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
1965
Screenplay
The Bells of Nagasaki
1950
Screenplay
Tsumiki kuzushi
1983
Screenplay
The Beauty and the Dragon
1955
Writer
Waiting Woman
1946
Writer
The Horizon
1984
Writer
Women of Ginza
1955
Screenplay
Sweet Secret
1971
Screenplay
Spring Snow
1950
Screenplay
Turbid Youth
1954
Screenplay
The Lucky General
1962
Screenplay
Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha
1983
Screenplay
Ryûri no kishi
1956
Writer
Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Screenplay
A Man from Akagi
1950
Screenplay
Dynamite Doctor
1966
Screenplay
Dynamite Doctor Returns
1966
Screenplay
Drunken Harbor
1966
Screenplay
Forbidden Lips
1958
Screenplay
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
1981
Screenplay
Master Fencer Sees the World
1960
Screenplay
Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery
1964
Screenplay
Izayoi kaidō
1951
Screenplay
Kōfuku no genkai
1948
Screenplay
Sisters
1955
Writer
Document 8.6
1977
Director
Strong Women, Weak Men
1968
Screenplay
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
1962
Screenplay
Don't Mind
1990
Screenplay
The Bride from Japan
1959
Director
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
Screenplay
The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa
1996
Screenplay
Murahachibu
1953
Writer
Hell's Assassin
1962
Screenplay
Alps Story: The Wild
1950
Writer
The Woman Who Holds the Key
1946
Screenplay
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
1960
Writer
A Grain of Wheat
1958
Writer
The Women of Osaka Castle
1983
Screenplay
Violence
1952
Writer
Shadow Conspirator
1982
Screenplay
The Precipice
1958
Screenplay
A Fallen Woman
1967
Screenplay
Solitude Point
1998
Screenplay
Talented Woman
1959
Screenplay
The Ladder of Success
1958
Writer
The House of the Sleeping Virgins
1968
Writer
Rennyo and His Mother
1981
Writer
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
1953
Writer
Horror of the Giant Vortex
1978
Writer
The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
1963
Screenplay
Pursuit At Dawn
1950
Writer
A Public Benefactor
1964
Writer
Shojohou
1950
Writer
Wakai hito-tachi
1954
Writer
The Suitors
1967
Screenplay
Great X
1948
Screenplay
The Gorgeous Geisha
1964
Writer
Ai Sureba Koso
1955
Screenplay
Cape Ashizuri
1954
Screenplay
Before Dawn
1953
Screenplay
How Sorrowful
1956
Screenplay
The Motherless
1955
Screenplay
Harbor Rats
1957
Screenplay
The Shadow of Fear
1956
Writer
Netsuai sha
1961
Writer
Who's the Real Killer
1957
Writer
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