Directing
Kaneto Shindō
- Titles
- 205movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2010, busiest in 1962 with 12 main titles.
- Directed
- 48titles as director
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Naked Island79/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.9average 2.6
- Melancholy7.3average 4.7
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.6
- Pathos7.2average 5.2
- Spiritual3.5average 2.0
- Catharsis6.2average 5.1
- Family Dynamics5.7average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism4.2average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.2, average 5.2
- Situational Comedy0.9, average 2.7
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Adrenaline3.8, average 5.1
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 11
- Japanese Cinema 10
- Historical Setting 7
- Historical Drama 7
- Melancholy 6
- Mystery 5
- Psychological Drama 4
- Post-War Japan 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Bleak 3
- Geisha Culture 3
- Emotional Depth 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nobuko OtowaActorOnibaba, The Naked Island, Edo Porn, Kuroneko, The Strange Tale of Oyuki, +39 more
Hikaru HayashiComposerOwl, Onibaba, The Naked Island, Edo Porn, Irezumi, +32 more
Kōzaburō YoshimuraDirectorRika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby, Cape Ashizuri, Their Legacy, Yokubo, The House of the Sleeping Virgins, +28 more
Akira IfukubeComposerOnna no issho, Children of Hiroshima, Cape Ashizuri, Yokubo, Who Will Judge Me?, +27 more
Taiji TonoyamaActorOnibaba, The Naked Island, Edo Porn, Hachiko, Kuroneko, +22 more- KKiyomi KurodaCinematographerOnibaba, The Naked Island, Kuroneko, Libido, The Iron Crown, +13 more
- MMitsuo KondōEditorHachiko, Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby, Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer, The Iron Crown, +10 more
Yoshio MiyajimaCinematographerCape Ashizuri, Wakai hito-tachi, Actress, Diary of Forsaken Love, Ai Sureba Koso, +8 more
Yasuzō MasumuraDirectorIrezumi, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Manji, Seisaku's Wife, Thousand Cranes, +6 more- YYoshiyuki MiyakeCinematographerOwl, Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, The Strange Tale of Oyuki, The Strangling, Will to Live, +5 more
Jūkichi UnoActorOnibaba, Children of Hiroshima, Story of a Beloved Wife, How Sorrowful, A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, +4 more
Ayako WakaoActorIrezumi, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Manji, Seisaku's Wife, Thousand Cranes, +4 more
Movies and TV shows
2032020s
1 title · average score 75
75
Original Story
2010s
1 title · average score 62
62
Director, Screenplay
2000s
6 titles · average score 80
80
Original Film Writer
Director, Screenplay
Adaptation, Screenplay
Director, Writer
Writer, Director
1990s
11 titles · average score 67
72
Screenplay
Writer, Director
Screenplay
69
Writer, Director
74
Director, Writer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
1980s
16 titles · average score 66
Director, Writer
78
Story, Screenplay
Writer
77
Original Story, Screenplay
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
Screenplay
61
Director, Writer
48
Screenplay
Screenplay
1970s
24 titles · average score 68
Director, Producer
Screenplay
Writer, Director
Screenplay
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
Screenplay
Writer, Producer
55
Screenplay
Director, Writer
72
Screenplay
1960s
60 titles · average score 71
68
Writer
75
Director, Screenplay
70
Screenplay
71
Screenplay
69
Screenplay
75
Screenplay
77
Screenplay, Director
66
Screenplay
70
Director, Art Direction
68
Screenplay
67
Screenplay
79
Production Design, Director
1950s
70 titles · average score 70
66
Screenplay
Writer, Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer
Screenplay, Director
Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
74
Writer, Director
Director, Screenplay
Screenplay
1940s
14 titles · average score 69
Screenplay
Writer
Writer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Writer
70
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