Kaneto Shindō Movies

Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its...

Japanese suspense film.

Japanese horror move from 1978.

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going...

A 1948 Japanese film.

After a mine collapses and leaves her husband employed, Fumiko moves to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko and becomes a hostess.

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.

Documentary on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Shindo personally interviews survivors and attempts to interview the commander of the B-29 that...

A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Yomiuri Television and the...

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

The film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.