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Kaneto Shindō (新藤 兼人, Shindō Kaneto, 22 April 1912 – 29 May 2012) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. [1] His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note.
Jun 1, 2012 · Kaneto Shindo, a venerable filmmaker whose work was haunted by the wartime devastation of his native Hiroshima, died on Tuesday at his home in Tokyo. He was 100. His office confirmed the death to...
May 30, 2012 · Kaneto Shindo was Japan's oldest director and a renowned auteur of art house cinema. He made over 40 films, including The Naked Island, Onibaba and Hachiko Monogatari, and won awards in Moscow and Tokyo.
May 19, 2016 · J apanese director Kaneto Shindo was one of the most inventive filmmakers of his time, and he repeatedly pushed the limits of cinema in both form and subject matter. This dedication to experimentation is exemplified by his 1960 film The Naked Island, in which he created a nearly dialogue-free portrait of a family living on a remote ...
May 30, 2012 · Kaneto Shindo, a prolific, much-honored scripter and helmer of films including “The Naked Island,” “Onibaba” and 2010’s WWII drama “Postcard,” died on Tuesday of age-related causes. He was 100....
When Kaneto Shindo died Tuesday at age 100, he was not the world's oldest active director — that honor belongs to Portugal's Manoel e Oliveira, at 103 — but he had had an amazingly productive ...
Mar 22, 2021 · Director Kaneto Shindo’s documentary-like, dialogue-free portrayal of daily struggle is a work of stunning visual beauty and invention. The international breakthrough for one of Japan’s most innovative filmmakers—who went on to make other unique masterworks such as Onibaba and Kuroneko — The Naked Island follows a family whose home is ...
