Kaneto Shindo Movies

  • 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
  • 2000
    By Player

    By Player

    By Player

    82000HD

    The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...

    By Player
  • 1967
    Libido

    Libido

    Libido

    01967HD

    aka Libido.

    Libido
  • 1987
    Actress

    Actress

    Actress

    71987HD

    Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.

    Actress
  • 1947
    The Ball at the Anjo House

    The Ball at the Anjo House

    The Ball at the Anjo House

    6.81947HD

    After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

    The Ball at the Anjo House
  • 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
  • 1999
    The Geisha House

    The Geisha House

    The Geisha House

    7.4441999HD

    Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omocha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the...

    The Geisha House
  • 1965
    Conquest

    Conquest

    Conquest

    51965HD

    Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

    Conquest
  • 1959
    Diary of Forsaken Love

    Diary of Forsaken Love

    Diary of Forsaken Love

    01959HD

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

    Diary of Forsaken Love
  • 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
  • 1962
    Destiny's Son

    Destiny's Son

    Destiny's Son

    6.71962HD

    In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive...

    Destiny's Son
  • 1963
    When Women Lie

    When Women Lie

    When Women Lie

    71963HD

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

    When Women Lie
  • 1981
    The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

    The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

    The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge

    01981HD

    Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing daimyo and wealthy townspeople. Under the name of...

    The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge
  • 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
  • 1956
    Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

    Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

    Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

    01956HD

    Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

    Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth
  • 1963
    The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

    The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

    The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji

    01963HD

    Azusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi, finally getting her freedom. Her older sister, Kozue, looks...

    The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji
  • 1957
    Harbor Rats

    Harbor Rats

    Harbor Rats

    01957HD

    A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were...

    Harbor Rats
  • 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...
  • 2008
    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

    62008HD

    The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

    Teacher and Three Children
  • 1946
    Victory of Women

    Victory of Women

    Victory of Women

    6.51946HD

    Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

    Victory of Women