Kaneto Shindō Movies

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

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an...

Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

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

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...

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

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...

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

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

Film by director Kenji Misumi

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 story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

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

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

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.