Kaneto Shindô

All Movies of Kaneto Shindô

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  Postcard
  Towards the end of the war, one hundred middle-aged soldiers were sent to the frontline according to lots drawn by their superior officer. On the night of the lottery, a soldier, expecting to be killed in action, leaves a postcard...
  Director of the film

   2010

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  By Player
  Celebrated Japanese filmmaker Kaneto Shindo, at 88, was the world's second-oldest working director when he made this biopic of character actor Taiji Tonoyama (Portugal's Manoel de Oliveira, age 91, held the distinction of being th...
  Director of the film

   2000

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  Will to Live
  The legend of abandoning old people in the mountains is preserved in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. But similar stories can be found, as folktales, here and there throughout the country. A number of poems have been written on t...
  Director of the film

   1999

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  A Last Note
  Yoko is a famous actress who goes to a mountain chalet for a few days rest. There, she learns a secret from her companion Toyoko.
  Director of the film

   1995

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  Strange Story Of Oyuki
  Noted filmmaker Kaneto Shindo directs this erotic drama adapted from the autobiographical book by renowned writer Nagai Kafu. Kafu, a noted rake and whoremonger, became one of Japan's more celebrated literary figures by documentin...
  Director of the film

   1992

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  Edo Porn
  Director of the film

   1981

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  Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
  Director of the film

   1975

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  The Iron Crown
  Based on the Noh drama with the same name, The Iron Crown is about a woman plotting revenge against her husband who leaves her for a younger woman. Shindo's adaptation juxtaposes the Noh drama with a modern update of the story. Th...
  Director of the film

   1972

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  The Black Cat
  A woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor...
  Director of the film

   1968

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  A Scoundrel
  Director of the film

   1965

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  Human
  Director of the film

   1962

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  8.4
  The Naked Island
  Deals with the intolerably hard life of a family of four, the only inhabitants of a very small Japanese island in the Setonaikai archipelago. Several times a day they row over to the neighboring island to fetch water for their mis...
  Director of the film

   1960

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  8.0
  Miniature
  Director of the film

   1953

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  7.0
  Children of Hiroshima
  Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.
  Director of the film

   1952