Directing
Kaneto Shindō
- Titles
- 211movies3TV shows
- Career
Active from 1946 to 2010, busiest in 1951 and 1962 with 12 main titles each.
- Directed
- 48titles as director
- Average score
71/100
- Highest rated
The Naked Island91/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 27 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.4average 2.6
- Melancholy7.2average 4.7
- Pathos7.1average 5.2
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.6
- Eroticism3.2average 1.8
- Family Dynamics6.0average 4.7
- Spiritual3.2average 2.0
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.8, average 5.2
- Pop Culture0.5, average 2.2
- Situational Comedy1.0, average 2.7
- Wit & Wordplay2.6, average 3.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 13
- Japanese Cinema 12
- Historical Setting 8
- Melancholy 8
- Historical Drama 7
- Mystery 5
- Psychological Drama 4
- Geisha Culture 4
- Japanese Historical Drama 4
- Melancholic Tone 3
- Intrigue 3
- Bleak 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nobuko OtowaActorEdo Porn, Onibaba, The Naked Island, Kuroneko, The Strange Tale of Oyuki, +39 more
Hikaru HayashiComposerOwl, Edo Porn, Onibaba, The Naked Island, Irezumi, +32 more
Kōzaburō YoshimuraDirectorRika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby, Ai Sureba Koso, The Tale of Genji, Cape Ashizuri, The Telephone Rings in the Evening, +28 more
Akira IfukubeComposerLife of a Woman, Children of Hiroshima, The Tale of Genji, Judge of the Ashuras, Cape Ashizuri, +27 more
Taiji TonoyamaActorEdo Porn, Onibaba, The Naked Island, Hachiko, Kuroneko, +22 more- KKiyomi KurodaCinematographerOnibaba, The Naked Island, Kuroneko, The Life of Chikuzan, Lost Sex, +13 more
- MMitsuo KondōEditorHachiko, Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby, Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl, The Iron Crown, +10 more
Yoshio MiyajimaCinematographerAi Sureba Koso, Cape Ashizuri, Before Dawn, The Naked Sun, Wakai hito-tachi, +8 more
Yasuzō MasumuraActorIrezumi, Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, Manji, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Seisaku's Wife, +7 more- YYoshiyuki MiyakeCinematographerOwl, Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, The Strange Tale of Oyuki, Black Board, The Strangling, +5 more
Eijirō TōnoActorThe Battle of Okinawa, This Madding Crowd, Lost Sex, Flame of My Love, Dynamite Doctor, +4 more
Ayako WakaoActorIrezumi, Manji, The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka, Seisaku's Wife, Stolen Pleasure, +4 more
Movies and TV shows
2052020s
2 titles · average score 58
37
Original Film Writer
79
Original Story
2010s
1 title · average score 59
59
Screenplay, Director
2000s
6 titles · average score 69
73
Original Film Writer
Director, Screenplay
Adaptation, Screenplay
65
Production Design, Director
Writer, Director
1990s
11 titles · average score 69
73
Screenplay
Writer, Director
Screenplay
74
Writer, Director
73
Writer, Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
1980s
16 titles · average score 68
Writer, Director
78
Story, Screenplay
Writer
77
Original Story, Screenplay
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
Screenplay
67
Writer, Director
49
Screenplay
Screenplay
1970s
23 titles · average score 69
Director, Producer
68
Screenplay
Writer, Director
72
Writer, Director
Screenplay
Screenplay
55
Screenplay
Writer, Producer
as Researcher
73
Screenplay
69
Director, Screenplay
1960s
58 titles · average score 73
87
Director, Screenplay
74
Screenplay
70
Screenplay
70
Screenplay
70
Screenplay
75
Screenplay
85
Director, Art Direction
65
Screenplay
68
Writer
68
Screenplay
72
Screenplay
91
Writer, Producer
1950s
73 titles · average score 67
Director, Screenplay
67
Screenplay
Writer
Director, Screenplay
Screenplay, Director
Director, Screenplay
Director, Writer
67
Writer, Director
Writer
Director, Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
1940s
14 titles · average score 68
64
Screenplay
Writer
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
Screenplay
65
Screenplay
Writer
Screenplay
1930s
1 title
Set Designer, Adaptation