
Kaneto Shindō
Biography
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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Acting (6 movies)
Directing (46 movies)

Onibaba
1964

The Naked Island
1960

Kuroneko
1968

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
1975

Owl
2003

Children of Hiroshima
1952

The Horizon
1984

Edo Porn
1981

Hymn
1972

The Strange Tale of Oyuki
1992

A Last Note
1995

Human
1962

Lucky Dragon No. 5
1959

The Heart
1973

Tree Without Leaves
1986

Mother
1963

Postcard
2010

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
1970

The Strangling
1979

Conquest
1965

The Iron Crown
1972

My Way
1974

Black Board
1986

The Ditch
1954

The Wolves
1955

By Player
2000

The Life of Chikuzan
1977

Will to Live
1999

Teacher and Three Children
2008

Story of a Beloved Wife
1951

Miniature
1953

Sakura-tai Chiru
1988

Ryûri no kishi
1956

Heat Wave Island
1969

Harbor Rats
1957

Libido
1967
Document 8.6
1977

Strong Women, Weak Men
1968

The Bride from Japan
1959

Love is Lost
1956

Lost Sex
1966

Strange Affinity
1970

Actress
1956

Sorrow Is Only for Women
1958

Onna no issho
1953

The Lovers
1961


