Masahiro Shinoda — Director (27)
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Glory on the Summit (1962) IMDb TMDB
山の讃歌　燃ゆる若者たち
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Takahiro Tamura / Tamotsu Hayakawa …
other title: 山の讃歌　燃ゆる若者たち
A treasury official passed over for promotion and obsessed with careerism interferes in the lives of his three sons, who seek escape from his relentless pressure in the mortal danger of mountain climbing.
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The Dancer (1989) WikiData IMDb TMDB
舞姫
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Hiromi Go / Lisa Wolf …
other title: Die Tänzerin / 舞姫 …
Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.
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Spy Sorge (2003) WikiData IMDb TMDB
スパイ・ゾルゲ
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Iain Glen / Masahiro Motoki …
other title: スパイ・ゾルゲ / Richard Sorge – Spion aus Leidenschaft
A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is attached to the ideals of freedom and rule of the masses. Sorge is able to feed the Soviet Union useful information regarding the Axis allies and their movements in Asia and beyond.
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MacArthur's Children (1984) WikiData IMDb TMDB
瀬戸内少年野球団
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Takaya Yamauchi / Ken Watanabe …
other title: 瀬戸内少年野球団 / Les Enfants de Mac Arthur …
In this drama at the end of World War II, the inhabitants of a small Japanese fishing village must come to terms with their nation's defeat and the sudden occupation of General MacArthur and his troops.
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Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990) WikiData IMDb TMDB
少年時代
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Tetsuya Fujita / Yuji Horioka …
other title: Childhood Days / Takeshi: tiempo de niños …
A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well, then begins bullying him too. Takeshi eventually loses his position of leadership.
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A Flame at the Pier (1962) IMDb TMDB
涙を、獅子のたて髪に
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Takashi Fujiki / Tamotsu Hayakawa …
other title: Lágrimas en la melena del león / 涙を、獅子のたて髪に
A young dockworker who owes his life to his boss becomes embroiled in union activity on the Yokohama waterfront. The rebel Saburo works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar.
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Killers on Parade (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB
夕陽に赤い俺の顔
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Yūsuke Kawazu / Shima Iwashita …
other title: Mon Visage embrasé au Soleil couchant / Mi rostro enrojecido al amanecer …
A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.
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Captive's Island (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB
処刑の島
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Shogen Nitta / Rentarō Mikuni …
other title: La isla de la tortura / 処刑の島 …
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for vengeance are disturbed when he encounters a strange and beautiful young woman.
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With Beauty and Sorrow (1965) WikiData IMDb TMDB
美しさと哀しみと
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Kaoru Yachigusa / Mariko Kaga …
other title: L'amaro giardino di Lesbo / Tristesse et Beauté …
When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager — and then wrote a bestselling novel about it — reappears in her life, her pupil — and lesbian lover — hatches a plot to destroy the man and his family.
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Demon Pond (1979)
夜叉ヶ池
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Tamasaburō Bandō V / Gō Katō …
other title: L'Étang du démon / El estanque endemoniado …
When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.
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The Petrified Forest (1973) IMDb TMDB
化石の森
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Kenichi Hagiwara / Shima Iwashita …
other title: La forêt pétrifiée / El bosque petrificado …
Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.
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Double Suicide (1969)
心中天網島
director: Masahiro Shinoda actor: Kichiemon Nakamura II / Shima Iwashita …
other title: Doppio Suicidio ad Amijima / Double suicide à Amijima …
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.