Masahiro Shinoda
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- March 9, 1931
- Died
- March 25, 2025
- Birthplace
- Gifu, Gifu, Japan
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
Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition' 2009
as Self
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky 2007
Screenplay
Spy Sorge 2003
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Original Story
Owls' Castle 1999
Director, Screenplay
Moonlight Serenade 1997
Director
Sharaku 1995
Screenplay, Director, Editor
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition' 1993
as Self
Takeshi: Childhood Days 1990
Director
The Dancer 1989
Director, Screenplay
Gonza the Spearman 1986
Director
Allusion: Reincarnation Story 1985
Director
MacArthur's Children 1984
Director
Island of the Evil Spirits 1981
Director
Demon Pond 1979
Director
Ballad of Orin 1977
Director, Screenplay
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees 1975
Director, Screenplay
Himiko 1974
Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Petrified Forest 1973
Director
Sapporo Winter Olympics 1972
Director
Silence 1971
Director, Screenplay, Production Design
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan 1970
Director
Funeral Parade of Roses 1969
Actor
Double Suicide 1969
Writer, Director, Producer
Clouds at Sunset 1967
Director
Captive's Island 1966
Director, Editor
Samurai Spy 1965
Director
With Beauty and Sorrow 1965
Director
Assassination 1964
Director
Pale Flower 1964
Director, Screenplay
A Flame at the Pier 1962
Director, Screenplay
Glory on the Summit 1962
Director
Our Marriage 1962
Screenplay, Director
Love New and Old 1961
Director
Epitaph to My Love 1961
Director, Screenplay
Killers on Parade 1961
Director
Youth in Fury 1960
Director
One-Way Ticket to Love 1960
Director, Screenplay
Tokyo Twilight 1957
Assistant Director
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