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
- Hachiko (1987) Screenplay
- The Perfect Education (1999) Writer
- The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) Director
- Edo Porn (1981) Writer
- The Battle of Okinawa (1971) Screenplay
- Onibaba (1964) Art Direction
- The 47 Ronin (1941) Construction Coordinator
- The Tale of Genji (1951) Writer
- Postcard (2010) Director
- Irezumi (1966) Screenplay
- Turbid Youth (1954) Screenplay
- The Three Undelivered Letters (1979) Screenplay
- Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) Director
- Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby (1973) Screenplay
- Kuroneko (1968) Director
- The Incident (1978) Screenplay
- Magnitude 7.9 (1980) Screenplay
- Great X (1948) Screenplay
- Night Drum (1958) Screenplay
- The Geisha House (1999) Screenplay
- The Whale God (1962) Screenplay
- Faraway Sunset (1992) Screenplay
- Fighting Elegy (1966) Screenplay
- Actress (1987) Screenplay
- The Wolves (1955) Director
- Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun (1983) Writer
- The Gambling Samurai (1960) Writer
- Devil's Temple (1969) Writer
- Talented Woman (1959) Screenplay
- Owl (2003) Director
- The Perennial Weed (1975) Screenplay
- The Naked Island (1960) Director
- On This Earth (1957) Writer
- If Indeed One Loves (1955) Screenplay
- Shojohou (1950) Writer
- Black Lizard (1962) Screenplay
- The Strangling (1979) Director
- Miniature (1953) Director
- Onna no issho (1953) Director
- Manji (1964) Screenplay
- Break Down that Wall (1959) Writer
- Lucky Dragon No. 5 (1959) Director
- Yokubo (1953) Writer
- Master Fencer Sees the World (1960) Screenplay
- A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land (1953) Writer
- Tree Without Leaves (1986) Director
- The White Orchid (1951) Screenplay
- Children of Hiroshima (1952) Writer
- Hachiko (2023) Original Story
- Dancing Girl (1951) Screenplay
- A Last Note (1995) Director
- My Way (1974) Writer
- Devotion to Railway (1960) Screenplay
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- Story of a Beloved Wife (1951) Director
- Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972) Screenplay
- Bijin Koroshi Series (1981) Writer
- Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (1966) Screenplay
- Kanawa (1972) Producer
- The Bells of Nagasaki (1950) Screenplay
- The Lucky General (1962) Screenplay
- The Ladder of Success (1958) Writer
- Clothes of Deception (1951) Screenplay
- The Ball at the Anjo House (1947) Writer
- Seisaku's Wife (1965) Screenplay
- Elegant Beast (1962) Screenplay
- The Beauty and the Dragon (1955) Writer
- Ditch (1954) Director
- Heat Wave Island (1969) Director
- Will to Live (1999) Director
- A Design for Dying (1961) Screenplay
- Challenge to Live (1961) Screenplay
- The Great Road (1960) Writer
- The Horizon (1984) Director
- This Madding Crowd (1962) Screenplay
- Destiny's Son (1962) Writer
- When Women Lie (1963) Writer
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Most-watched Kaneto Shindō films currently: Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009), The Dreadful (2026), Hachiko (1987), The Perfect Education (1999), The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992).
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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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