Kaneto Shindō
Directing
🎂 1912-04-22
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
Cast credits(7)
Writing (192)
Original Film Writer
2009
Writer
1957
Screenplay
2008
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1986
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1982
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1978
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1983
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1963
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1973
Story
1987
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1987
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1999
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1962
Original Story
2023
Screenplay
1972
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1987
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1964
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1960
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2010
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1981
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1984
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1999
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1960
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1980
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2003
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1950
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1973
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1961
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1948
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1981
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1959
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1967
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1992
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1950
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2000
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1995
Screenplay
1968
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1966
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1950
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1956
Original Story
1986
Screenplay
1986
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1992
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1955
Writer
1960
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1966
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1983
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1983
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1959
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1983
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1948
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1956
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1991
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1958
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1962
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1979
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1975
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1962
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1948
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1953
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1955
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1951
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1958
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1963
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1956
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1962
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1967
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1966
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1971
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1978
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1958
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1953
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1958
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1961
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1978
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1996
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1956
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1990
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1973
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1979
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1961
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1962
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1964
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1962
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1961
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1946
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1968
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1999
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1959
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1957
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1956
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1958
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1958
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1963
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1953
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1958
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1964
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1988
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1965
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1962
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1974
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1946
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1972
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1962
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1955
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1968
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1950
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1981
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1951
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1972
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1969
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1952
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1981
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1954
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1965
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1954
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1966
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2007
Adaptation
2007
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1949
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1955
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1952
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1978
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1961
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1958
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1957
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1953
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1955
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1960
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1971
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1957
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1950
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1959
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1964
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1970
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1951
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1946
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1972
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1947
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1958
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1960
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1960
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1957
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1953
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1951
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1967
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1970
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1962
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1963
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1962
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1951
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1950
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1952
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1998
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1960
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1959
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1951
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1971
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1949
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1955
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1950
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1964
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1966
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1954
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1962
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1951
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1956
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1958
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1963
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1967
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1954
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1969
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1948
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1954
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1980
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1947
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1969
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1966
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1949
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1951
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1979
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1967
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2001
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1966
Writer
1953
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1975
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1953
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1977
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1956
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1962
Screenplay
1965
Writer
1961
Directing (46)
Director
2008
Director
1986
Director
1999
Director
1964
Director
2010
Director
1981
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1984
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2003
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1961
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1967
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1992
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2000
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1995
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1968
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1956
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1986
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1960
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1959
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1953
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1956
Director
1973
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1968
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1957
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1963
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1988
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1974
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1972
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1952
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1959
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1970
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1972
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1958
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1970
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1951
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1955
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1966
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1956
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1954
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1977
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1969
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1979
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1953
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1975
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1977
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1962
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1965
