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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
- The Perennial Weed (1975) Screenplay
- The Dreadful (2026) Original Film Writer
- The Perfect Education (1999) Writer
- Onibaba (1964) Director
- Their Legacy (1962) Writer
- Hachiko (1987) Story
- Dynamite Doctor (1966) Screenplay
- The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979) Screenplay
- Ryûri no kishi (1956) Director
- Flame of My Love (1949) Screenplay
- Before Dawn (1953) Screenplay
- Onna no issho (1953) Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) Director
- Dynamite Doctor Returns (1966) Screenplay
- Who Will Judge Me? (1951) Writer
- A Man from Akagi (1950) Screenplay
- The Lowest Man (1958) Screenplay
- Irezumi (1966) Screenplay
- Edo Porn (1981) Director
- The Shadow of Fear (1956) Writer
- Hachiko (2023) Original Story
- Diary of Forsaken Love (1959) Writer
- Ishimatsu of the Forest (1949) Writer
- A Fallen Woman (1967) Screenplay
- Libido (1967) Director
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971) Screenplay
- The Aristocrat's Stairs (1959) Adaptation
- Kuroneko (1968) Director
- The 47 Ronin (1941) Construction Coordinator
- Owl (2003) Director
- The Naked Island (1960) Director
- Lost Sex (1966) Director
- Bijin Koroshi Series (1981) Writer
- The Gambling Samurai (1960) Writer
- The Telephone Rings in the Evening (1959) Screenplay
- Manji (1964) Screenplay
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) Director
- Conquest (1965) Director
- The House of the Sleeping Virgins (1968) Writer
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Most-watched Kaneto Shindō films currently: Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), The Perennial Weed (1975), The Dreadful (2026), The Perfect Education (1999), Onibaba (1964).
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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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