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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 i…
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- Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) Original Film Writer
- Owl (2003) Director
- The Dreadful (2026) Original Film Writer
- Onibaba (1964) Art Direction
- The Perennial Weed (1975) Screenplay
- Hachiko (1987) Screenplay
- The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979) Screenplay
- The Perfect Education (1999) Writer
- Kuroneko (1968) Director
- Edo Porn (1981) Writer
- The Naked Island (1960) Director
- Hachiko (2023) Original Story
- Irezumi (1966) Screenplay
- Easy-Going Married Couple (1956) Screenplay
- Bijin Koroshi Series (1981) Writer
- Flame of My Love (1949) Screenplay
- Life of a Woman (1953) Director
- Libido (1967) Writer
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) Writer
- The Incident (1978) Screenplay
- Camellia Gate (1964) Adaptation
- Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949) Writer
- This Madding Crowd (1962) Screenplay
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971) Screenplay
- The 47 Ronin (1941) Construction Coordinator
- The Lowest Man (1958) Screenplay
- Who Will Judge Me? (1951) Writer
- To the Ends of the Earth (1953) Adaptation
- Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl (1972) Screenplay
- Seisaku's Wife (1965) Screenplay
- Wandering Shore (1956) Director
- Before Dawn (1953) Screenplay
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) Director
- The Geisha House (1999) Screenplay
- A Man from Akagi (1950) Screenplay
- The Shadow of Fear (1956) Writer
- Dynamite Doctor (1966) Screenplay
- The Aristocrat's Stairs (1959) Adaptation
- Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer (1973) Writer
- Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) Screenplay
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Most-watched Kaneto Shindō films currently: Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), Owl (2003), The Dreadful (2026), Onibaba (1964), The Perennial Weed (1975).
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Selected TV credits: The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979), Bijin Koroshi Series (1981), Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun (1983).
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