Movies by Director - Kaneto Shindô (46 [Missing: 20]) 
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| Story of a Beloved Wife [Aisai monogatari]Shindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. Numazaki, a mediocre screenwriter, faces imminent d | 1951 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama,Romance | 6.7 (97 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Children of Hiroshima [Genbaku no ko]Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends. | 1952 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama,War | 7.6 (1.3K votes) | 97 | 20220723 |
| NadareNA | 1952 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Life of a WomanNA | 1953 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Epitome [Shukuzu]Shusei Tokuda's starkly realistic novel about a poor girl pressed into becoming a geisha was forcefully adapted by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba). When Ginko (Nobuko Otowa, Shindo's wife) falls in love with one of her clients, she is handil | 1953 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 7.2 (86 votes) | 131 | 20211228 |
| Ditch [Dobu]Postwar Tokyo. Pin (Jukichi Uno) and Toku (Taiji Tonoyama) live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru (Nobuko Otowa), a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house. | 1954 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 7.2 (98 votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Wolf [Ôkami]Time; a few years after the surrender of Japan in the Second World War. The country is in ruins, economy devastated, and the vulnerable masses deprived of work; let alone the basic amenities of life. A new order, led by voratius oppo | 1955 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 7.2 (93 votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| JoyuNA | 1956 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Ryûri no kishiNA | 1956 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Gin shinjuNA | 1956 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Umi no yarôdomoNA | 1957 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Lucky Dragon No. 5 [Daigo Fukuryu-Maru]The story of a Japanese fishing boat whose crew were accidental victims of fallout from the Bikini hydrogen bomb tests. | 1959 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.8 (74 votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
| Kanashimi wa onna dakeniNA | 1958 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Naked Island, The [Hadaka no shima]A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops. | 1960 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 8.1 (5.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Mother [Haha]Tamiko is a divorced mother with a seriously ill son, struggling to save him and give both a sense of their existence. She lives with her mother and brother, but will marry a man older than her. The dramatic shadow of Hiroshima bombs | 1963 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 7.1 (114 votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| OnibabaTwo women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask. | 1964 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama,Horror,Thriller | 8.0 (18.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Lost SexNA | 1966 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Heat Wave IslandNA | 1969 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Live Today, Die Tomorrow! [Hadaka no jûkyû-sai]After leaving high school, Michio Yamada (Norio Nagayama in the real life incidents) becomes involved in the shudan shushoku, a post-war Japanese government work program which involves taking almost an entire high school graduating c | 1970 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.9 (164 votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film DirectorNA | 1975 | | Biography,Documentary | | | Not Available |
| Life of Chikuzan, The [Chikuzan hitori tabi]After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s the rough-hewn blind shamisien player and folk-song collector named Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This biographical drama chronicles his wanderings and h | 1977 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 7.0 (94 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| The HorizonNA | 1984 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Tree Without LeavesNA | 1986 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Sakura-tai ChiruNA | 1988 | | Documentary | | | Not Available |
| Strange Tale of Oyuki, The [Bokuto kidan]The film tells the story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in | 1992 | Kaneto Shindô | Biography,Drama | 7.0 (155 votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Last Note, A [Gogo no Yuigon-jo]Yoko is a famous actress who goes to a mountain chalet for a few days rest. There, she learns a secret from her companion Toyoko. | 1995 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.9 (208 votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Black Cat [Yabu no naka no kuroneko]Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai. | 1968 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama,Horror | 7.7 (7.3K votes) | 99 | 20220531 |
| Conquest, The [Akutô]A morally-suspect and self-serving retainer rashly baits her high-ranking employer, a regional governor, with a salacious story of a former acquaintance and catastrophe ensues. | 1965 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama,History | 6.9 (92 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Edo Porn [Hokusai manga]The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin. | 1981 | Kaneto Shindô | Biography,Drama,History | 6.5 (386 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Edo Porn [Hokusai manga]NA | 1981 | | | | | Not Available |
| Love Betrayed [Kokoro]Kokoro is the story of a subtle and poignant friendship between two unnamed characters, a young man and an enigmatic elder scholar whom he calls Sensei. Haunted by tragic secrets that have cast a long shadow over his life, Sensei slo | 1973 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 7.1 (122 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Operation NegligeeNA | 1968 | | Comedy,Drama | | | Not Available |
| My Way [Waga michi]Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way. | 1974 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.7 (33 votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| My Way [Waga michi]NA | 1974 | | | | | Not Available |
| Strangling, The [Kousatsu]The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and uncompromising father) are opposed to women (victims of men) as embodiment of salvation. | 1979 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.4 (81 votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
| Iron Crown, The [Kanawa]When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, a woman plots revenge against him. | 1972 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.4 (84 votes) | 91 | 20220414 |
| LibidoNA | 1967 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| By Player [Sanmon yakusha]Film inspired by the life of Japanese actor Taiji Tonoyama, with whom Kaneto Shindo had worked on many occasions, with the help of archive images and fragments of the most famous films of the director. The actress Nobuko Otowa add... | 2000 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama,Romance | 7.2 (127 votes) | 126 | 20240323 |
| Will to Live [Ikitai]A modern adaptation of Narayamabushi-ko, The Ballad of Narayama. | 1999 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.6 (121 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Owl [Fukurô]A mother and daughter living alone in a small village in deep Japan manage to get out of poverty seducing men, who offer their sexual services and then poisoned with a drink similar to sake. | 2003 | Kaneto Shindô | Comedy,Drama | 6.6 (137 votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Human [Ningen]The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate as food and water run out. | 1962 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.9 (178 votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| The Bride Is the Best in the WorldNA | 1959 | | Comedy | | | Not Available |
| Strange AffinityNA | 1970 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| Hymn [Sanka]The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind Shamisen teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings. | 1972 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 7.1 (89 votes) | 112 | 20220414 |
| Black Board [Burakkubôdo]Black Board tells the story of middle school bullying taken to the point of homicide. | 1986 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 6.7 (56 votes) | 110 | 20241012 |
| Teacher and Three Children [Ishiuchi jinjô kôtô shôgakkô - Hana wa chiredomo]Set at the end of the Taisho era (1920s) at Ishiuchi Jinjo Higher Elementary School in the mountains of Hiroshima prefecture, there was a fervent teacher called Mr. Ichikawa. He always placed his pupils first and took any issues to h | 2008 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama | 5.4 (57 votes) | 118 | 20211228 |
| Postcard [Ichimai no hagaki]Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life sh | 2010 | Kaneto Shindô | Drama,Romance,War | 7.0 (248 votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Koroshi ta no wa dare taNA | 1957 | | Action,Crime | | | Not Available |