Masahiro Shinoda
Known for: Directing
Born: March 9, 1931
Died: March 25, 2025
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
38 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
NR
Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'
2009
7.0
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
2007
6.6
Spy Sorge
2003
6.0
Owls' Castle
1999
6.0
Moonlight Serenade
1997
7.0
Sharaku
1995
NR
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'
1993
7.5
Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990
6.4
The Dancer
1989
7.0
Gonza the Spearman
1986
NR
Allusion: Reincarnation Story
1985
5.5
MacArthur's Children
1984
6.2
Island of the Evil Spirits
1981
6.6
Demon Pond
1979
7.2
Ballad of Orin
1977
7.0
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
7.0
Himiko
1974
6.2
The Petrified Forest
1973
6.9
Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972
7.2
Silence
1971
7.1
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970
7.5
Funeral Parade of Roses
1969
7.0
Double Suicide
1969
6.0
Clouds at Sunset
1967
6.7
Captive's Island
1966
6.4
Samurai Spy
1965
5.7
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965
7.1
Assassination
1964
7.4
Pale Flower
1964
6.1
A Flame at the Pier
1962
9.0
Glory on the Summit
1962
7.1
Our Marriage
1962
6.7
Love New and Old
1961
7.8
Epitaph to My Love
1961
6.5
Killers on Parade
1961
7.0
Youth in Fury
1960
6.0
One-Way Ticket to Love
1960
7.7
Tokyo Twilight
1957