Where to watch Kaneto Shindō in the UK
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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 Dreadful (2026) Original Film Writer
- The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979) Screenplay
- The Perfect Education (1999) Writer
- Hachiko (1987) Story
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971) Screenplay
- Onibaba (1964) Director
- Edo Porn (1981) Director
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) Director
- The 47 Ronin (1941) Construction Coordinator
- The Tale of Genji (1951) Writer
- Irezumi (1966) Screenplay
- Night Drum (1958) Screenplay
- The Three Undelivered Letters (1979) Screenplay
- Master Fencer Sees the World (1960) Screenplay
- Break Down that Wall (1959) Writer
- The Wolves (1955) Director
- Kuroneko (1968) Director
- Turbid Youth (1954) Screenplay
- Hachiko (2023) Original Story
- The Ball at the Anjo House (1947) Writer
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) Director
- The Gambling Samurai (1960) Writer
- Faraway Sunset (1992) Screenplay
- The Strangling (1979) Director
- The Most Beautiful Day of My Life (1948) Screenplay
- Miniature (1953) Director
- The Geisha House (1999) Screenplay
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951) Director
- Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby (1973) Screenplay
- Magnitude 7.9 (1980) Screenplay
- The Naked Island (1960) Director
- The Whale God (1962) Screenplay
- Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun (1983) Writer
- Challenge to Live (1961) Screenplay
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) Screenplay
- Postcard (2010) Director
- The Beauty and the Dragon (1955) Writer
- Bijin Koroshi Series (1981) Writer
- The Incident (1978) Screenplay
- Actress (1987) Screenplay
- Owl (2003) Director
- If Indeed One Loves (1955) Screenplay
- Fighting Elegy (1966) Screenplay
- The Great Road (1960) Writer
- The Perennial Weed (1975) Screenplay
- Manji (1964) Screenplay
- Destiny's Son (1962) Writer
- Will to Live (1999) Director
- The Life of Chikuzan (1977) Director
- The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji (1963) Screenplay
- The Bride from Japan (1959) Director
- Devil's Temple (1969) Writer
- Netsuai sha (1961) Writer
- Children of Hiroshima (1952) Director
- When Women Lie (1963) Writer
- This Madding Crowd (1962) Screenplay
- Talented Woman (1959) Screenplay
- Great X (1948) Screenplay
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) Screenplay
- Black Lizard (1962) Screenplay
- Clothes of Deception (1951) Screenplay
- Onna no issho (1953) Director
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) Director
- A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953) Writer
- Dancing Girl (1951) Screenplay
- Elegant Beast (1962) Screenplay
- Violence (1952) Writer
- Heat Wave Island (1969) Director
- The White Orchid (1951) Screenplay
- Seisaku's Wife (1965) Screenplay
- Strong Women, Weak Men (1968) Director
- A Last Note (1995) Director
- On This Earth (1957) Writer
- Mother (1963) Director
- Spring Snow (1950) Screenplay
- Kanawa (1972) Producer
- Who's the Real Killer (1957) Writer
- The Rainbow-Colored Flower (1950) Screenplay
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Most-watched Kaneto Shindō films currently: Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), The Dreadful (2026), The Perfect Education (1999), Hachiko (1987), The Battle of Okinawa (1971).
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Selected TV credits: The 47 Ronins of Ako (1979), Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun (1983), Bijin Koroshi Series (1981).
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