Masahiro Shinoda
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 9, 1931
- Died
- March 25, 2025 (aged 94)
- 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.
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Filmography
Spy Sorge
Movie · Director
Owls' Castle
Movie · Director
Moonlight Serenade
Movie · Director
Sharaku
Movie · Director
Takeshi: Childhood Days
Movie · Director
The Dancer
Movie · Director
Gonza the Spearman
Movie · Director
Allusion: Reincarnation Story
Movie · Director
MacArthur's Children
Movie · Director
Island of the Evil Spirits
Movie · Director
Demon Pond
Movie · Director
Ballad of Orin
Movie · Director
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Movie · Director
Himiko
Movie · Director
The Petrified Forest
Movie · Director
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Movie · Director
Silence
Movie · Director
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Movie · Director
Double Suicide
Movie · Director
Clouds at Sunset
Movie · Director
Captive's Island
Movie · Director
Samurai Spy
Movie · Director
With Beauty and Sorrow
Movie · Director
Pale Flower
Movie · Director
Assassination
Movie · Director
A Flame at the Pier
Movie · Director
Our Marriage
Movie · Director
Glory on the Summit
Movie · Director
Killers on Parade
Movie · Director
Love New and Old
Movie · Director
Epitaph to My Love
Movie · Director
Youth in Fury
Movie · Director
One-Way Ticket to Love
Movie · Director
Tokyo Twilight
Movie · Assistant Director