
Known for
Directing
Born
April 22, 1912
Birthplace
Hiroshima, Japan
Died
May 29, 2012 (aged 100)
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 earl...
2026
Original Film Writer
2023
Original Story
2011
2010
Director, Screenplay
2009
Original Film Writer
2008
Director, Screenplay
2007
Screenplay, Adaptation
2006
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Director, Writer, Production Design
2001
Screenplay
2000
Director, Writer
1999
Writer
1999
Writer, Director
1999
Screenplay
1998
Screenplay
1996
Screenplay
1995
Director, Original Story, Screenplay
1992
Screenplay, Novel
1992
Director, Writer
1991
Screenplay
1991
Screenplay
1990
Screenplay
1988
Director, Writer
1987
Story, Screenplay
1987
Screenplay