Masahiro Shinoda

Biography

Masahiro Shinoda (篠田 正浩 Shinoda Masahiro, born March 9, 1931 in Gifu, Gifu, Japan) 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.

Known For

Funeral Parade of Roses

Acting

1969

Funeral Parade of Roses

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self

2009

Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'

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Self

1993

Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'

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Self

Production

1974

Himiko

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2003

Spy Sorge

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1969

Double Suicide

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Crew

Directing

1964

Pale Flower

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1969

Double Suicide

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1965

Samurai Spy

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1990

Takeshi: Childhood Days

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1966

Captive's Island

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1971

Silence

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1974

Himiko

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1964

Assassination

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1986

Gonza the Spearman

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1975

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

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1961

Killers on Parade

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1960

Youth in Fury

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1979

Demon Pond

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1962

A Flame at the Pier

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1973

The Petrified Forest

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1977

Ballad of Orin

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1999

Owls' Castle

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1995

Sharaku

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1960

One Way Ticket to Love

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1970

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

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1961

Love New and Old

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1997

Moonlight Serenade

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1962

Our Marriage

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1965

With Beauty and Sorrow

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2003

Spy Sorge

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1984

MacArthur's Children

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1981

Island of the Evil Spirits

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1989

The Dancer

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1985

Allusion: Reincarnation Story

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1961

Epitaph to My Love

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1972

Sapporo Winter Olympics

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1962

Glory on the Summit

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1957

Tokyo Twilight

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1967

Clouds at Sunset

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