Kaneto Shindō Movies

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors...

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...

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

A gripping and entertaining historical drama that follows the actions of the thief Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi during the Edo period.

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

1962 Japanese movie

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

A historical drama that depicts the touching beauty of world obsession and human love in the style of light comedy, in the center of which is a young...

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.