Kaneto Shindō is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Construction Coordinator Japonais born on 22 april 1912 at Hiroshima (Japon)
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Birth name Shindō KanetoNationality JaponBirth 22 april 1912 at Hiroshima (
Japon)
Death 29 may 2012 (at 100 years) at Tokyo City
Awards Person of Cultural Merit, Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year
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 directed 48 and wrote scripts for 238 films. 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.
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 latterly 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. Biography
D'abord entré comme assistant décorateur à la Shōchiku en 1934, il devient par la suite scénariste en 1949. Il passe derrière la caméra, comme réalisateur, en 1950, au sein la compagnie de production indépendante Kindai Eiga Kyōkai (Société de cinéma moderne japonaise) qu'il fonde avec Kōzaburō Yoshimura.
Il connaît un très large succès international avec L'Ile nue, grand prix du festival de Moscou en 1961.
Vie privée
Il a été marié à l'actrice Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994) qui a joué dans 41 de ses films.
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