Kaneto Shindō Movies

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

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

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...

A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during...

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

Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and child.

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

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

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

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...

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

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...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

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