Shindo Kaneto
- Name: Shindo Kaneto
- Native name: 新藤兼人
- Also Known as: しんどう かねと, Shindou Kaneto, 新藤兼登
- Nationality: Japanese
- Gender: Male
- Born: April 22, 1912
- Died: May 29, 2012
Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he made several films about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb. Like his early mentor Mizoguchi Kenji, 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.
The strongest and most apparent themes in Shindo's work involve social criticism of poverty, women and sexuality. Shindo has described himself as a socialist. (Source: Wikipedia) Edit Biography
Screenwriter
Director
Title | Rating |
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Love is Lost | 5.0 |
Screenwriter & Director
Title | Rating |
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Postcard | 6.9 |
Teacher and Three Children | 6.3 |
Owl | 6.3 |
By Player | 7.1 |
Will to Live | 6.5 |
A Last Note | 6.3 |
Tree Without Leaves | 6.6 |
Blackboard | 6.8 |
Edo Porn | 6.3 |
The Strangling | 3.0 |
The Life of Chikuzan | 6.5 |
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director | 7.0 |
My Way | 0.0 |
Love Betrayed | 7.1 |
Hymn | 6.9 |
The Iron Crown | 6.2 |
Live Today, Die Tomorrow | 2.0 |
Heat Wave Island | 6.0 |
Kuroneko | 7.5 |
Onibaba | 7.4 |
Human | 7.3 |
The Naked Island | 7.5 |
Daigo Fukuryuu Maru | 6.5 |
Umi no Yarodomo | 0.0 |
Actress | 0.0 |
Ryuri no Kishi | 0.0 |
Wolf | 6.0 |
The Ditch | 7.4 |
Epitome | 6.0 |
Children of Hiroshima | 7.4 |
Art Director
Title | Rating |
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Tsuma Yori Doko e Iku | 0.0 |
Onna no Tamashii | 0.0 |
Tsumi Naki Tsumi | 0.0 |
Koi no Ukishima | 0.0 |
Movie
Title | Rating |
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By Player
Japanese Movie, 2000,
himself
(Support Role)
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7.1
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TV Show
Title | Rating |
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Cinemaholic
Japanese TV Show, 2004, 56 eps
(Guest)
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0.0
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Articles
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