Kaneto Shindo Movies

  • 1980
    Drive for the Future

    Drive for the Future

    Drive for the Future

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    Drive for the Future
  • 1974
    My Way

    My Way

    My Way

    5.71974HD

    Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

    My Way
  • 2003
    Owl

    Owl

    Owl

    6.1432003HD

    A mother and daughter are stranded in small, isolated cabin, and are starving to death. In order to survive, they plan to entice men that happen to...

    Owl
  • 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
  • 1967
    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka

    6.2221967HD

    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...

    The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
  • 1951
    The White Orchid

    The White Orchid

    The White Orchid

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

    The White Orchid
  • 1958
    Night Drum

    Night Drum

    Night Drum

    5.71958HD

    Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...

    Night Drum
  • 1973
    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby

    61973HD

    Reform schools are a way of protecting society by ridding it of lawless juvenile delinquents. But who's protecting the juvenile delinquents from...

    Rika 3: Juvenile's Lullaby
  • 1956
    The Shadow of Fear

    The Shadow of Fear

    The Shadow of Fear

    01956HD

    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 Shadow of Fear
  • 1981
    Rennyo and His Mother

    Rennyo and His Mother

    Rennyo and His Mother

    01981HD

    Rennyo was the key figure responsible for the restoration of Shin Buddhism in Japan, in particular the Honganji lineage that had a slump in its...

    Rennyo and His Mother
  • 1968
    Strong Women, Weak Men

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    Strong Women, Weak Men

    01968HD

    After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become...

    Strong Women, Weak Men
  • 1975
    The Perennial Weed

    The Perennial Weed

    The Perennial Weed

    61975HD

    A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.

    The Perennial Weed
  • 1962
    Stolen Pleasure

    Stolen Pleasure

    Stolen Pleasure

    6.81962HD

    Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, this downbeat melodrama features a battle of women...

    Stolen Pleasure
  • 1972
    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

    4.91972HD

    First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl...

    Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
  • 1948
    Kōfuku no genkai

    Kōfuku no genkai

    Kōfuku no genkai

    01948HD

    The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along with her late husband's family. On the other...

    Kōfuku no genkai
  • 1949
    Flame of My Love

    Flame of My Love

    Flame of My Love

    5.11949HD

    A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls...

    Flame of My Love
  • 1954
    Turbid Youth

    Turbid Youth

    Turbid Youth

    01954HD

    Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...

    Turbid Youth
  • 1986
    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    7.81986HD

    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

    Tree Without Leaves
  • 1962
    あの空の果てに星はまたたく

    あの空の果てに星はまたたく

    あの空の果てに星はまたたく

    01962HD

    1962 Japanese movie

    あの空の果てに星はまたたく
  • 1967
    A Fallen Woman

    A Fallen Woman

    A Fallen Woman

    01967HD

    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...

    A Fallen Woman