Kaneto Shindō Movie Trailers
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The Beauty and the Dragon Trailer (1955)
03 October 1955
A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought.
A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River Trailer (2001)
01 September 2001
The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo.
The Rainbow-Colored Flower Trailer (1950)
14 October 1950
Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for money but is instead taken in by Ebihara, Koyabu, a middle-aged woman who has spent much of her life as the kept woman of a wealthy man, and Teruko, the modest daughter of Ebihara's former teacher who comes to rely on him after the death of her father.
The Shadow Daughter Trailer (1957)
05 June 1957
Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks.
Evil Spirits in the Darkness Trailer (1971)
07 June 1971
The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.
A Design for Dying Trailer (1961)
28 June 1961
Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie.
Flame of My Love Trailer (1949)
13 February 1949
In 1880s Japan, women's struggle for equality rages on. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.
Japanese Cinema: New Territories Trailer (2011)
25 March 2011
This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.
Violence Trailer (1952)
25 August 1952
Set in post-WWII Osaka, a young woman trapped working in a sordid lodging house run by her abusive stepfather falls for a visiting criminal in hopes of escaping the slums.
Lucky Dragon No. 5 Trailer (1959)
18 February 1959
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku Trailer (1962)
20 May 1962
After her father gets incapacitated due to a stroke, a young girl named Sanae takes over his postal job to support her family.
Conquest Trailer (1965)
21 November 1965
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 send her husband into battle.
The Naked Sun Trailer (1958)
01 October 1958
A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married.
Sorrow Is Only for Women Trailer (1958)
26 February 1958
The beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who went to America thirty years ago to visit her grave.
As the Clouds Scatter Trailer (1961)
09 July 1961
A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.
Avalanche Trailer (1952)
05 March 1952
A tale of melancholy centered on a couple of engineers at a power plant in the north and a pure romance with a female engineer.
The Ladder of Success Trailer (1958)
15 October 1958
A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way to the top.
Zatoichi's Pilgrimage Trailer (1966)
12 August 1966
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.
Sakura-tai Chiru Trailer (1988)
01 April 1988
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 the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life Trailer (1948)
26 September 1948
Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.
Clothes of Deception Trailer (1951)
13 January 1951
The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.
Black Board Trailer (1986)
17 September 1986
Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying.
Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth Trailer (1956)
15 January 1956
Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.
The Gambling Samurai Trailer (1960)
28 March 1960
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family.
Crossroads in Tokyo Trailer (1991)
27 April 1991
A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.
The Tale of Genji Trailer (1951)
11 June 1951
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course.
Don't Mind Trailer (1990)
03 March 1990
Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.
Maiko and the Assassin Trailer (1963)
28 August 1963
19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.
By Player Trailer (2000)
02 December 2000
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 camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life.
Libido Trailer (1967)
28 June 1967
After an elderly man is discharged from a hospital following a misunderstood, life-affirming impulse toward a fellow patient, he finds himself caught between his wife’s empathy and his children’s judgmental scorn.
Pursuit At Dawn Trailer (1950)
01 June 1950
This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51).
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director Trailer (1975)
24 May 1975
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.
Will to Live Trailer (1999)
15 January 1999
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 for the abandonment of the original.
Document 8.6 Trailer (1977)
06 August 1977
Documentary on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Shindo personally interviews survivors and attempts to interview the commander of the B-29 that dropped the bomb.
Children of Hiroshima Trailer (1952)
06 August 1952
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
The Matsukawa Incident Trailer (1961)
03 February 1961
Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.
The Ball at the Anjo House Trailer (1947)
27 September 1947
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 family holds one last ball before leaving.
The Woman Who Holds the Key Trailer (1946)
15 August 1946
Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.
Actress Trailer (1987)
17 January 1987
Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.
How Sorrowful Trailer (1956)
07 September 1956
The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.
Tree Without Leaves Trailer (1986)
15 November 1986
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel.
Spring Snow Trailer (1950)
26 February 1950
The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not easy.
The Life of Chikuzan Trailer (1977)
17 March 1977
After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shamisen player and folk-song collector named Takahashi Chikuzan became a musical sensation.
But the Flesh is Weak Trailer (1957)
29 October 1957
A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.
Tokyo Elegy Trailer (1951)
28 September 1951
In 1945, in a Shanghai filled with a palpable sense of unease as the war was still raging, Atsuko Kijima and Ryuji Kudo fell in love and exchanged promises of marriage.
The Bride from Japan Trailer (1959)
22 November 1959
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
The White Orchid Trailer (1951)
24 March 1951
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Turbid Youth Trailer (1954)
21 September 1954
Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industry.
To the Ends of the Earth Trailer (1953)
20 October 1953
In this downbeat, emotionally gripping drama, a lone guardian of some small huts on one of the northernmost, small islands off Japan remembers his once happier past and the events that destroyed everyone he held dear.
Shojohou Trailer (1950)
02 December 1950
A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that has endured the winds and snow of love! Eisuke Taniguchi (Shimizu), president of Towa Electric Works, has three beautiful daughters.
Cape Ashizuri Trailer (1954)
18 May 1954
Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student activist disenchanted by the increasingly hawkish state of Japanese society.
Story of a Beloved Wife Trailer (1951)
07 September 1951
Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as the wife who supports him through his early struggles.
Devil's Temple Trailer (1969)
31 May 1969
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, and a vicious killer.