Kaneto Shindō Movies

  • 1951
    Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

    6.31951HD

    The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

    Dancing Girl
  • 1971
    Sweet Secret

    Sweet Secret

    Sweet Secret

    01971HD

    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.

    Sweet Secret
  • 1963
    The Navy

    The Navy

    The Navy

    01963HD

    A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

    The Navy
  • 1979
    The Three Undelivered Letters

    The Three Undelivered Letters

    The Three Undelivered Letters

    61979HD

    A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional...

    The Three Undelivered Letters
  • 1961
    Haitoku no mesu

    Haitoku no mesu

    Haitoku no mesu

    01961HD

    Haitoku no mesu
  • 1967
    The Suitors

    The Suitors

    The Suitors

    01967HD

    The Suitors
  • 1956
    How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

    01956HD

    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...

    How Sorrowful
  • 1972
    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    4.81972HD

    First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl...

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
  • 1958
    A Grain of Wheat

    A Grain of Wheat

    A Grain of Wheat

    01958HD

    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 Grain of Wheat
  • 1948
    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    01948HD

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

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
  • 1957
    On This Earth

    On This Earth

    On This Earth

    01957HD

    Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

    On This Earth
  • 1980
    Magnitude 7.9

    Magnitude 7.9

    Magnitude 7.9

    4.71980HD

    A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

    Magnitude 7.9
  • 1955
    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    6.81955HD

    A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

    The Wolves
  • 1953
    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land

    01953HD

    Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

    A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
  • 1986
    Black Board

    Black Board

    Black Board

    41986HD

    Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

    Black Board
  • 1949
    Here's to the Young Lady

    Here's to the Young Lady

    Here's to the Young Lady

    6.51949HD

    A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

    Here's to the Young Lady
  • 1950
    The Bells of Nagasaki

    The Bells of Nagasaki

    The Bells of Nagasaki

    01950HD

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

    The Bells of Nagasaki
  • 1986
    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    7.81986HD

    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

    Tree Without Leaves
  • 1959
    Diary of Forsaken Love

    Diary of Forsaken Love

    Diary of Forsaken Love

    01959HD

    Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

    Diary of Forsaken Love
  • 1979
    The Strangling

    The Strangling

    The Strangling

    4.91979HD

    The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...

    The Strangling