Kaneto Shindō Movies

A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th-century epistolary novel 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' is adapted to a contemporary setting. An abominable and burning...

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...

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover...

After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The...

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata...

The daughter of a Prime Minister turns down the proposal of a young teacher when she falls for the wrong man. Despite the continual degradation by...

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home...

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

A junior high school teacher is raped by several students inside the school.

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

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...

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth...

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

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.