About

Known credits:
250
Birthday:
1912-04-22
Place of birth:
Hiroshima, Japan
Website:
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Kaneto Shindō

Overview

Kaneto Shindo (新藤 兼人, Shindō Kaneto, April 22, 1912 – May 29, 2012) was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and author. He was married to actress Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994), who appeared in several of his films. He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. His scripts were filmed by such directors as Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Fumio Kamei and Tadashi Imai. He won the 1996 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for A Last Note.

Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture, and he made several films about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb. Like his early mentor Kenji Mizoguchi, many of his films feature strong female characters. He was a pioneer of independent film production in Japan, founding a company called Kindai Eiga Kyokai. He continued working as a scriptwriter, director and author until his death at the age of 100.

Shindo made a series of autobiographical films, beginning with the first film he directed, 1951's Story of a Beloved Wife, about his struggle to become a screenwriter, through 1986's Tree Without Leaves, about his childhood, born into a wealthy family which became destitute, 2000's By Player, about his film company, seen through the eyes of his friend Taiji Tonoyama, and his last film, Postcard, directed at the age of 98, loosely based on his military service.

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Known for

Acting
2006 What's a Director? Actor N/A
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2000 By Player Actor 58
Average
1983 I Lived, But... Actor Self 59
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1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Actor 59
Average
1972 Hymn Actor Researcher 59
Average

Directing
2010 Postcard Directing Director 58
Average
2008 Teacher and Three Children Directing Director N/A
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2003 Owl Directing Director 59
Average
2000 By Player Directing Director 58
Average
1999 Will to Live Directing Director 59
Average
1995 A Last Note Directing Director 59
Average
1992 The Strange Tale of Oyuki Directing Director 59
Average
1988 Sakura-tai Chiru Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Tree Without Leaves Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Black Board Directing Director 59
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1984 The Horizon Directing Director N/A
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1981 Edo Porn Directing Director 59
Average
1979 The Strangling Directing Director 59
Average
1977 Document 8.6 Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Life of Chikuzan Directing Director 59
Average
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Directing Director 59
Average
1974 My Way Directing Director 58
Average
1973 The Heart Directing Director 59
Average
1972 Hymn Directing Director 59
Average
1972 The Iron Crown Directing Director 58
Average
1970 Live Today, Die Tomorrow! Directing Director 59
Average
1970 Strange Affinity Directing Director N/A
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1969 Heat Wave Island Directing Director 59
Average
1968 Strong Women, Weak Men Directing Director N/A
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1968 Kuroneko Directing Director 63
Fair
1967 Libido Directing Director N/A
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1966 Lost Sex Directing Director N/A
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1965 Conquest Directing Director N/A
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1964 Onibaba Directing Director 67
Fair
1963 Mother Directing Director 59
Average
1962 Human Directing Director 59
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1960 The Naked Island Directing Director 63
Fair
1959 Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi Directing Director N/A
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1959 Lucky Dragon No. 5 Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Sorrow Is Only for Women Directing Director N/A
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1957 Harbor Rats Directing Director N/A
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1956 Actress Directing Director N/A
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1956 Ryûri no kishi Directing Director N/A
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1956 Love is Lost Directing Director 59
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1955 The Wolves Directing Director 59
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1954 The Ditch Directing Director 59
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1953 Onna no issho Directing Director N/A
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1953 Miniature Directing Director 59
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1952 Children of Hiroshima Directing Director 59
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1951 Story of a Beloved Wife Directing Director 59
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Writing
2023 Hachiko Writing Original Story 65
Fair
2010 Postcard Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2009 Hachi: A Dog's Tale Writing Original Film Writer 78
Good
2008 Teacher and Three Children Writing Screenplay N/A
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2007 The Battleship on the Ground Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2007 The Battleship on the Ground Writing Adaptation 59
Average
2003 Owl Writing Writer 59
Average
2001 A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2000 By Player Writing Writer 58
Average
1999 The Perfect Education Writing Writer 58
Average
1999 The Geisha House Writing Screenplay 59
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1999 Will to Live Writing Writer 59
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1998 Solitude Point Writing Screenplay N/A
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1996 The Life and Love of Kenji Miyazawa Writing Screenplay N/A
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1995 A Last Note Writing Writer 59
Average
1992 Faraway Sunset Writing Story N/A
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1992 Faraway Sunset Writing Screenplay N/A
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1992 The Strange Tale of Oyuki Writing Writer 59
Average
1991 Crossroads in Tokyo Writing Screenplay N/A
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1990 Don't Mind Writing Screenplay N/A
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1988 Sakura-tai Chiru Writing Writer 59
Average
1987 Hachiko Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1987 Hachiko Writing Story 63
Fair
1987 Actress Writing Writer 59
Average
1986 Tree Without Leaves Writing Original Story 59
Average
1986 Tree Without Leaves Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1986 Black Board Writing Writer 59
Average
1984 The Horizon Writing Writer N/A
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1983 The Women of Osaka Castle Writing Screenplay N/A
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1983 Tsumiki kuzushi Writing Screenplay N/A
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1983 Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi hissatsu no shiraha Writing Screenplay N/A
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1983 Umi ni kakeru Niji: Yamamoto Isoroku to Nippon Kaigun Writing Writer N/A
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1982 Shadow Conspirator Writing Screenplay N/A
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1981 Bijin Koroshi Series Writing Writer N/A
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1981 Rennyo and His Mother Writing Writer N/A
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1981 Edo Porn Writing Writer 59
Average
1981 The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge Writing Screenplay N/A
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1980 Drive for the Future Writing Screenplay N/A
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1980 Magnitude 7.9 Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1979 The Three Undelivered Letters Writing Writer 58
Average
1979 The Strangling Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1978 Horror of the Giant Vortex Writing Writer N/A
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1978 The Incident Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1978 A Young Female Instructor Writing Screenplay N/A
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1978 Dangerous Liaisons Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1977 The Life of Chikuzan Writing Writer 59
Average
1975 The Perennial Weed Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1975 Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Writing Writer 59
Average
1974 My Way Writing Writer 58
Average
1973 The Heart Writing Writer 59
Average
1973 Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1973 Rika 2: Lonely Wanderer Writing Writer 59
Average
1972 Hymn Writing Writer 59
Average
1972 Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1972 The Iron Crown Writing Writer 58
Average
1972 Under the Flag of the Rising Sun Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1971 Sweet Secret Writing Screenplay N/A
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1971 The Battle of Okinawa Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1971 Evil Spirits in the Darkness Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1970 Live Today, Die Tomorrow! Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1970 Strange Affinity Writing Writer N/A
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1969 Heat Wave Island Writing Writer 59
Average
1969 Devil's Temple Writing Writer 59
Average
1969 Thousand Cranes Writing Writer 59
Average
1968 Strong Women, Weak Men Writing Writer N/A
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1968 Kuroneko Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1968 The House of the Sleeping Virgins Writing Writer N/A
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1967 The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1967 A Fallen Woman Writing Screenplay N/A
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1967 Libido Writing Writer N/A
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1967 Two Wives Writing Screenplay 58
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1966 Drunken Harbor Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 Fighting Elegy Writing Screenplay 59
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1966 Dynamite Doctor Returns Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 Lost Sex Writing Writer N/A
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1966 Zatoichi's Pilgrimage Writing Screenplay 59
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1966 Dynamite Doctor Writing Screenplay N/A
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1966 Irezumi Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1965 Conquest Writing Screenplay N/A
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1965 Seisaku's Wife Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1965 Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi Writing Screenplay N/A
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1964 Onibaba Writing Screenplay 67
Fair
1964 Manji Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1964 駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し Writing Screenplay N/A
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1964 A Public Benefactor Writing Writer N/A
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1963 Mother Writing Writer 59
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1963 The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji Writing Screenplay N/A
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1963 Maiko and the Assassin Writing Screenplay N/A
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1963 The Navy Writing Screenplay N/A
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1963 When Women Lie Writing Writer N/A
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1962 Elegant Beast Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1962 Human Writing Writer 59
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1962 Hell's Assassin Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 The Lucky General Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 The Whale God Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1962 Destiny's Son Writing Writer 59
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1962 This Madding Crowd Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 あの空の果てに星はまたたく Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 Sabakareru Echizen no kami Writing Screenplay N/A
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1962 Stolen Pleasure Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 Black Lizard Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 Their Legacy Writing Writer N/A
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1961 Haitoku no mesu Writing Screenplay N/A
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1961 As the Clouds Scatter Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1961 A Design for Dying Writing Screenplay 58
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1961 Challenge to Live Writing Screenplay N/A
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1961 The Matsukawa Incident Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 The Wayside Pebble Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 The Naked Island Writing Writer 63
Fair
1960 Devotion to Railway Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1960 Master Fencer Sees the World Writing Screenplay N/A
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1960 A Woman’s Uphill Slope Writing Writer N/A
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1960 The Gambling Samurai Writing Writer 59
Average
1960 The Great Road Writing Writer N/A
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1959 Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi Writing Writer N/A
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1959 Break Down that Wall Writing Writer 58
Average
1959 Saijo katagi Writing Screenplay N/A
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1959 Diary of Forsaken Love Writing Writer N/A
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1959 Lucky Dragon No. 5 Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1958 The Naked Sun Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 Face in the Dark Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 A Grain of Wheat Writing Writer N/A
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1958 The Lowest Man Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 The Lowest Man Writing Writer N/A
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1958 Night Drum Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1958 The Ladder of Success Writing Writer N/A
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1958 The Precipice Writing Screenplay N/A
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1958 Forbidden Lips Writing Screenplay N/A
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1957 On This Earth Writing Writer N/A
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1957 The Flesh Is Weak Writing Writer 58
Average
1957 Harbor Rats Writing Screenplay N/A
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1957 Who's The Real Killer Writing Writer N/A
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1956 Actress Writing Screenplay N/A
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1956 The Shadow of Fear Writing Writer N/A
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1956 How Sorrowful Writing Screenplay N/A
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1956 Ryûri no kishi Writing Writer N/A
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1956 Wedding Day Writing Screenplay N/A
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1956 Love is Lost Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1956 Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 The Motherless Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 The Beauty and the Dragon Writing Writer N/A
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1955 Ai Sureba Koso Writing Screenplay N/A
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1955 The Wolves Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1955 Sisters Writing Writer N/A
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1955 Women of Ginza Writing Screenplay N/A
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1954 Wakai hito-tachi Writing Writer N/A
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1954 Turbid Youth Writing Screenplay N/A
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1954 The Ditch Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1954 Cape Ashizuri Writing Screenplay N/A
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1954 Love and Duty Writing Writer N/A
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1953 Onna no issho Writing Writer N/A
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1953 Before Dawn Writing Screenplay N/A
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1953 Yokubo Writing Writer N/A
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1953 Miniature Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1953 Murahachibu Writing Writer N/A
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1953 A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land Writing Writer N/A
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1953 Reminiscence Writing Screenplay N/A
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1952 Violence Writing Writer N/A
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1952 Children of Hiroshima Writing Writer 59
Average
1952 Sisters of Nishijin Writing Writer N/A
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1951 Izayoi kaidō Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 Story of a Beloved Wife Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1951 Dancing Girl Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1951 The Tale of Genji Writing Writer 58
Average
1951 Who Will Judge Me? Writing Writer N/A
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1951 The White Orchid Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 Judge of the Ashuras Writing Screenplay N/A
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1951 Clothes of Deception Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1950 Shojohou Writing Writer N/A
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1950 The Rainbow-Colored Flower Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1950 A Man from Akagi Writing Screenplay N/A
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1950 The Bells of Nagasaki Writing Screenplay N/A
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1950 Pursuit At Dawn Writing Writer N/A
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1950 Spring Snow Writing Screenplay N/A
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1949 Ishimatsu of the Forest Writing Writer N/A
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1949 Here's to the Young Lady Writing Writer 59
Average
1949 Flame of My Love Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1948 Kōfuku no genkai Writing Screenplay N/A
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1948 The Most Beautiful Day of My Life Writing Screenplay N/A
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1948 Great X Writing Screenplay N/A
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1948 Temptation Writing Writer 59
Average
1947 The Ball at the Anjo House Writing Writer 59
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1947 Marriage Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 The Woman Who Holds the Key Writing Screenplay N/A
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1946 Waiting Woman Writing Writer N/A
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1946 Victory of Women Writing Screenplay 58
Average

Production
1979 The Strangling Production Producer 59
Average
1973 The Heart Production Producer 59
Average
1972 Hymn Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1972 The Iron Crown Production Producer 58
Average
1966 Lost Sex Production Producer N/A
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1960 The Naked Island Production Producer 63
Fair
1954 Cape Ashizuri Production Executive Producer N/A
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1953 Before Dawn Production Executive Producer N/A
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Art
2003 Owl Art Production Design 59
Average
1964 Onibaba Art Art Direction 67
Fair
1963 Mother Art Production Design 59
Average
1962 Human Art Art Direction 59
Average
1960 The Naked Island Art Production Design 63
Fair
1941 The 47 Ronin Art Construction Coordinator 60
Fair