Kaneto Shindō Movies

This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

The film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.

In Meiji era Japan a sixth grade boy is smart, likable and confident and owing to his academic success liked by his teacher. Things are not going...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty...

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

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

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