Kaneto Shindō — Director (15)
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Conquest (1965) IMDb TMDB
悪党
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Nobuko Otowa / Kyôko Kishida …
other title: Conquête / A Scoundrel …
Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to send her husband into battle.
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Postcard (2010) WikiData IMDb TMDB
一枚のハガキ
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Etsushi Toyokawa / Naomasa Musaka …
other title: 一枚のハガキ / Ichimai no hagaki
Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led.
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Heat Wave Island (1969) WikiData IMDb TMDB
かげろう
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Nobuko Otowa / Jūzō Itami …
other title: かげろう
Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.
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The Life of Chikuzan (1977)
竹山ひとり旅
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Ryūzō Hayashi / Nobuko Otowa …
other title: La vida de Chikuzan / 竹山ひとり旅 …
After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shamisen player and folk-song collector named Takahashi Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This biographical drama chronicles his wanderings and his life, with a particular focus on his humble beginnings as a peasant on a remote and arid island.
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A Last Note (1995) WikiData IMDb TMDB
午後の遺言状
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Haruko Sugimura / Nobuko Otowa …
other title: Le Testament du soir / Nota de suicidio …
A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past
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The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992) WikiData IMDb TMDB
濹東綺譚
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Yuki Sumida / Masahiko Tsugawa …
other title: Histoire singulière à l'est du fleuve / La extraña historia de Oyuki …
A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous and smartly dressed, Nagai patiently wrote in his diary his thoughts during many years. A melancholy reflection on the passage of time and a brilliant interpretive exercise.
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Owl (2003) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ふくろう
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Shinobu Otake / Ayumi Ito …
other title: La lechuza / ふくろう …
A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to stray to their cabin with sex, and kill them. All goes well until a local cop shows up and, then, an old relation.
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Harbor Rats (1957) IMDb TMDB
海の野郎ども
director: Kaneto Shindō actor: Yūjirō Ishihara / Shōji Yasui …
other title: 海の野郎ども
A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...
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Edo Porn (1981)
北斎漫画
director: 新藤兼人 actor: 绪形拳 / 田中裕子 …
other title: 北斋漫画 / 北斎漫画 …
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.