Profile of Masahiro Shinoda
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Masahiro Shinoda

Born
1931-03-09
Birthplace
Gifu,
Gifu
Japan
Born
1931-03-09
Died
2025-03-25
(94 years old)
Birthplace
Gifu, Gifu
Japan
Biography

Masahiro Shinoda (篠田 正浩 Shinoda Masahiro, March 9, 1931 – March 25, 2025) was a Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese N......

Profile of Masahiro Shinoda

Masahiro Shinoda

Born
1931-03-09
Died
2025-03-25
(94 years old)
Birthplace
Gifu, Gifu
Japan
Born
1931-03-09
Died
2025-03-25
(94 years old)
Birthplace
Gifu, Gifu
Japan
Biography

Masahiro Shinoda (篠田 正浩 Shinoda Masahiro, March 9, 1931 – March 25, 2025) was a Japanese film director, originally associated with the Shochiku Studio, who came to prominence as part of the Japanese New Wave in the 1960s. He married the actress Shima Iwashita, who appears in several of his films, such as 1969's Double Suicide. His 1986 film Gonza the Spearman was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. He won the 1991 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for Childhood Days. He retired from directing after the release of Spy Sorge in 2003, a biopic on the life of Richard Sorge.

38 titles with 58 credits

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Funeral Parade of Roses poster

1969

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Tokyo Twilight poster

1957

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Pale Flower poster

1964

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Double Suicide poster

1969

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Samurai Spy poster

1965

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Assassination poster

1964

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Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees poster

1975

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Silence poster

1971

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Demon Pond poster

1979

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Himiko poster

1974

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Ballad of Orin poster

1977

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Gonza the Spearman poster

1986

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With Beauty and Sorrow poster

1965

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Captive's Island poster

1966

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Killers on Parade poster

1961

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Sharaku poster

1995

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The Petrified Forest poster

1973

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Takeshi: Childhood Days poster

1990

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The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan poster

1970

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MacArthur's Children poster

1984

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A Flame at the Pier poster

1962

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Spy Sorge poster

2003

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Youth in Fury poster

1960

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Our Marriage poster

1962

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Moonlight Serenade poster

1997

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One Way Ticket to Love poster

1960

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Sapporo Winter Olympics poster

1972

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Love New and Old poster

1961

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Owls' Castle poster

1999

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Island of the Evil Spirits poster

1981

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The Dancer poster

1989

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Clouds at Sunset poster

1967

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Epitaph to My Love poster

1961

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Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky poster

2007

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Glory on the Summit poster

1962

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Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition' poster

1993

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Allusion: Reincarnation Story poster

1985

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Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition' poster

2009

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