Kaneto Shindō Movies

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

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 family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

1950s Japanese drama.

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...

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...

Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who...

A 1948 Japanese film.

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by...

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

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...

Waiting woman

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

1950 Japanese film

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