Kaneto Shindō Movies

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenament called the Ryuheiso.

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...

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

1962 Japanese movie

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

1962 Japanese movie

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

Yukie is a romance story about an American veteran (Bo Swenson) of the Korean War veteran and his undying love for a beautiful Japanese nurse named...

1950 Japanese film

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

Spending time with her boyfriend on a lonely beach, a girl suddenly remembers the Hiroshima bombing of 1945. He, in turn, remembers the 1960 riots...

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Film by director Kenji Misumi