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Kaneto Shindō

Director · 47 credits · 7 in highly-rated films

Best known for Onibaba (1964)

Directed movies (43 total, ranked by score)

  1. Onibaba

    1964 · ★ 7.7 (488 votes)

    Horror

    1

  2. The Naked Island

    1960 · ★ 8.0 (147 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. Kuroneko

    1968 · ★ 7.4 (234 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy, Horror

    3

  4. Love is Lost

    1956 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. The Horizon

    1984

    Drama, History

    5

  6. Strange Affinity

    1970

    Drama

    6

  7. Actress

    1956

    Drama

    7

  8. Children of Hiroshima

    1952 · ★ 7.1 (42 votes)

    Drama, War

    8

  9. The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    1992 · ★ 8.0 (3 votes)

    Drama

    9

  10. Teacher and Three Children

    2008 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Life of a Woman

    1953 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    11

  12. The Strangling

    1979 · ★ 4.4 (8 votes)

    12

  13. A Last Note

    1995 · ★ 7.0 (13 votes)

    Drama

    13

  14. Tree Without Leaves

    1986 · ★ 8.0 (9 votes)

    Drama

    14

  15. Wandering Shore

    1956 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    15

  16. Edo Porn

    1981 · ★ 6.0 (40 votes)

    Drama, History

    16

  17. Lucky Dragon No. 5

    1959 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. The Wolves

    1955 · ★ 6.9 (9 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    18

  19. Owl

    2003 · ★ 6.4 (8 votes)

    Comedy, Drama, Crime

    19

  20. Lost Sex

    1966 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Drama

    20

  21. Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    1975 · ★ 7.2 (14 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

    1970 · ★ 6.9 (8 votes)

    Thriller

    22

  23. Mother

    1963 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Drama

    23

  24. Hymn

    1972 · ★ 6.3 (6 votes)

    Drama

    24

  25. Sakura-tai Chiru

    1988 · ★ 6.8 (4 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    25

  26. Libido

    1967

    Drama

    26

  27. The Life of Chikuzan

    1977 · ★ 8.3 (3 votes)

    Drama, History

    27

  28. Black Board

    1986 · ★ 6.5 (2 votes)

    Drama

    28

  29. Kanawa

    1972 · ★ 5.6 (8 votes)

    Drama, Horror

    29

  30. Story of a Beloved Wife

    1951 · ★ 7.0 (4 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.