Masahiro Shinoda
Born: 1931-03-09 in Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Died: 2025-03-25
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2009
2007
- Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky ... (Screenplay)
2003
- Spy Sorge ... (Director)
1999
- Owls' Castle ... (Director)
1997
- Moonlight Serenade ... (Director)
1995
- Sharaku ... (Screenplay)
1993
1990
- Takeshi: Childhood Days ... (Director)
1989
- The Dancer ... (Director)
1986
- Gonza the Spearman ... (Director)
1985
- Allusion: Reincarnation Story ... (Director)
1984
- MacArthur's Children ... (Director)
1981
- Island of the Evil Spirits ... (Director)
1979
- Demon Pond ... (Director)
1977
- Ballad of Orin ... (Director)
1975
- Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees ... (Director)
1974
- Himiko ... (Producer)
1973
- The Petrified Forest ... (Director)
1972
- Sapporo Winter Olympics ... (Director)
1971
- Silence ... (Director)
1970
- The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan ... (Director)
1969
- Funeral Parade of Roses
- Double Suicide ... (Director)
1967
- Clouds at Sunset ... (Director)
1966
- Captive's Island ... (Director)
1965
- With Beauty and Sorrow ... (Director)
- Samurai Spy ... (Director)
1964
- Pale Flower ... (Director)
- Assassination ... (Director)
1962
- Our Marriage ... (Director)
- A Flame at the Pier ... (Director)
- Glory on the Summit ... (Director)
1961
- Killers on Parade ... (Director)
- Love New and Old ... (Director)
- Epitaph to My Love ... (Director)
1960
- Youth in Fury ... (Director)
- One Way Ticket to Love ... (Director)
1957
- Tokyo Twilight ... (Assistant Director)