Kaneto Shindō Movies

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

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

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

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

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

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

After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become...

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.

Japanese drama film.

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

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...

Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.