Masahiro Shinoda
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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Movies (38)

Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'
2009 · 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 · 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

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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