Kaneto Shindō — Director (33)
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Postcard (2011) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
一枚のハガキ
other title:
一封明信片
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一枚のハガキ
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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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Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
ある映画監督の生涯 溝口健二の記録
director:
Kaneto Shindō
actor:
Takako Irie
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Daisuke Itō
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other title:
沟口健二：一个电影导演的生涯
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ある映画監督の生涯 溝口健二の記録
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In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.
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The Life of Chikuzan (1977) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
竹山ひとり旅
other title:
竹山孤旅
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竹山ひとり旅
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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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Kanawa (1972) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
鉄輪
director:
Kaneto Shindō
actor:
Nobuko Otowa
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Hideo Kanze
other title:
铁轮
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鉄輪
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A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.
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Black Cat from the Grove (1968) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
藪の中の黒猫
other title:
黑猫
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藪の中の黒猫
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In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
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The Strange Story of Oyuki (1992) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
濹東綺譚
director:
Kaneto Shindō
actor:
Masahiko Tsugawa
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墨田由纪
other title:
墨东绮谭
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濹東綺譚
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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.
Movie
Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
裸の十九才
director:
Kaneto Shindō
actor:
Daijirō Harada
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Nobuko Otowa
other title:
赤贫的19岁
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裸の十九才
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Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.
