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Tag Archives: Masahiro Shinoda
Sharaku (1995) Masahiro Shinoda, Hiroyuki Sanada, Furankî Sakai, Shima Iwashita
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. Read More »
Ballad of Orin AKA Hanare goze Orin (1977) Masahiro Shinoda, Shima Iwashita, Yoshio Harada, Tomoko Naraoka
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed while she tours the country Read More »
Punishment Island AKA Shokei no shima (1966) Masahiro Shinoda, Akira Nitta, Kei Satô, Kinzô Shin
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island Read More »
Himiko (1974) Masahiro Shinoda, Shima Iwashita, Masao Kusakari, Rie Yokoyama
A freestyle, imagined telling of the life of shaman queen Himiko Read More »
Pale Flower AKA Kawaita hana (1964) Masahiro Shinoda, Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki
Just released from prison after serving three years for murdering a member of a rival gang Read More »
Spy Sorge (2003) Masahiro Shinoda, Iain Glen, Masahiro Motoki, Kippei Shîna
A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II Read More »
Double Suicide (1969) Masahiro Shinoda, Kichiemon Nakamura, Shima Iwashita, Shizue Kawarazaki
Set in Osaka in the 18th century, the film centers on the doomed romance between Jihei (Kichiemon Nakamura) Read More »
The Petrified Forest (1973) Masahiro Shinoda, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Sayoko Ninomiya, Masako Yagi
Based on novel by Shintaro Ishihara, this is a human drama about the complex relationship of parent and child. Read More »
Youth in Fury (1960) Masahiro Shinoda, Shin’ichirô Mikami, Shima Iwashita, Kayoko Honoo
A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New Wave. Read More »