Kaneto Shindō

Kaneto Shindo 新藤 兼人 Shindō Kaneto April 22 1912 May 29 2012 was a Japanese film director screenwriter film producer and author He was married to actress Nobuko Otowa 19251994 who appeared in several of his films He directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238 His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima The Naked Island Onibaba Kuroneko and A Last Note His scripts were filmed by such directors as Kon Ichikawa Keisuke Kinoshita Fumio Kamei and Tadashi Imai He won the 1996 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for A Last Note Shindo was born in Hiroshima Prefecture and he made several films about Hiroshima and the atomic bomb Like his early mentor Kenji Mizoguchi many of his films feature strong female characters He was a pioneer of independent film production in Japan founding a company called Kindai Eiga Kyokai He continued working as a scriptwriter director and author until his death at the age of 100 Shindo made a series of autobiographical films beginning with the first film he directed 1951s Story of a Beloved Wife about his struggle to become a screenwriter through 1986s Tree Without Leaves about his childhood born into a wealthy family which became destitute 2000s By Player about his film company seen through the eyes of his friend Taiji Tonoyama and his last film Postcard directed at the age of 98 loosely based on his military service Description above from the Wikipedia article Kaneto Shindō licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia