Kaneto Shindo Movies

  • 1950
    The Rainbow-Colored Flower

    The Rainbow-Colored Flower

    The Rainbow-Colored Flower

    11950HD

    Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

    The Rainbow-Colored Flower
  • 1951
    The White Orchid

    The White Orchid

    The White Orchid

    01951HD

    A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

    The White Orchid
  • 1988
    Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    Sakura-tai Chiru

    5.71988HD

    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...

    Sakura-tai Chiru
  • 1954
    Ditch

    Ditch

    Ditch

    71954HD

    Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

    Ditch
  • 1954
    Cape Ashizuri

    Cape Ashizuri

    Cape Ashizuri

    01954HD

    Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student...

    Cape Ashizuri
  • 1962
    Human

    Human

    Human

    6.61962HD

    The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

    Human
  • 1951
    Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

    Dancing Girl

    6.31951HD

    The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

    Dancing Girl
  • 1957
    Who's the Real Killer

    Who's the Real Killer

    Who's the Real Killer

    01957HD

    Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

    Who's the Real Killer
  • 1957
    But the Flesh is Weak

    But the Flesh is Weak

    But the Flesh is Weak

    61957HD

    A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.

    But the Flesh is Weak
  • 1999
    Will to Live

    Will to Live

    Will to Live

    6.31999HD

    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...

    Will to Live
  • 1969
    Devil's Temple

    Devil's Temple

    Devil's Temple

    6.41969HD

    An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women,...

    Devil's Temple
  • 1955
    The Motherless

    The Motherless

    The Motherless

    01955HD

    Japanese drama film.

    The Motherless
  • 1950
    Pursuit At Dawn

    Pursuit At Dawn

    Pursuit At Dawn

    01950HD

    This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

    Pursuit At Dawn
  • 1960
    The Gambling Samurai

    The Gambling Samurai

    The Gambling Samurai

    6.31960HD

    Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying...

    The Gambling Samurai
  • 2010
    Postcard

    Postcard

    Postcard

    5.42010HD

    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...

    Postcard
  • 2001
    A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

    A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

    A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River

    62001HD

    The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian...

    A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River
  • 1972
    Hymn

    Hymn

    Hymn

    6.31972HD

    The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

    Hymn
  • 1983
    I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

    I Lived, But...

    6.51983HD

    An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

    I Lived, But...
  • 1966
    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    Lost Sex

    01966HD

    A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

    Lost Sex
  • 1948
    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life

    01948HD

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

    The Most Beautiful Day of My Life