Masahiro Shinoda

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Masahiro Shinoda
Born	March 9, 1931 (1931-03-09) (age 77) Gifu, Gifu, Japan
Occupation	Film director and screenwriter.

Masahiro Shinoda (篠田 正浩, Shinoda Masahiro^?, born March 9, 1931 in Gifu, Gifu, Japan) is a Japanese film director, married to the actress Shima Iwashita. He retired from directing after making the historical epic Spy Sorge.

[edit] Filmography

1. One-Way Ticket for Love (恋の片道切符) (1960)
2. Kawaita mizûmi (乾いた湖) (Dry Lake) (1960)
3. My Face Red in the Sunset (夕陽に赤い俺の顔) (1961)
4. わが恋の旅路 (The Path of Young Love(??)) (1961)
5. Shamisen and Motorcycle (三味線とオートバイ) (1961)
6. Our Marriage (私たちの結婚) (1961)
7. Epitaph to My Love (山の讃歌　燃ゆる若者たち) (1961)
8. Tears on the Lion's Mane (涙を、獅子のたて髪に) (1962)
9. Glory on the Summit (1962)
10. Kawaita hana (乾いた花) (Withered Flower, a.k.a. Pale Flower) (1964)
11. Ansatsu (暗殺) (Assassination) (1964)
12. With Beauty and Sorrow (美しさと哀しみと) (1965)
13. Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke (異聞猿飛佐助) (The Strange Story of Sarutobi Sasuke, a.k.a. Samurai Spy) (1965)
14. Captive's Island (処刑の島) (1966)
15. Clouds at Sunset (あかね雲) (1967)
16. Shinjû-ten Amijima (心中天網島) (Amijima Effaced to Heaven by Lovers' Suicide, a.k.a. Double Suicide) (1969)
17. Outlaws (無頼漢) (1970)
18. Chinmoku / Silence (沈黙 / Silence) (1971)
19. Sapporo Winter Olympics (札幌オリンピック) (1972)
20. The Petrified Forest (化石の森) (1973)
21. Himiko (卑弥呼) (1974)
22. Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (桜の森の満開の下) (1975)
23. Ballad of Orin (はなれ瞽女おりん) (1977)
24. Demon Pond (夜叉ケ池) (1979)
25. Akuryo Island (悪霊島) (1981)
26. MacArthur's Children (瀬戸内少年野球団) (1984)
27. ALLUSION～ 転生譚 (1985)
28. Gonza the Spearman (近松門左衛門　鑓の権三) (1986)
29. The Dancer (舞姫) (1989)
30. Childhood Days (少年時代) (1990)
31. Sharaku (写楽 Sharaku) (1995)
32. Setouchi Moonlight Serenade (1997)
33. Owls' Castle (1999)
34. Spy Sorge (2003)

[edit] Film availability

• Kawaita hana (乾いた花) (Withered Flower, a.k.a. Pale Flower) (1964)
  • DVD: Region 1 NTSC: Home Vision Entertainment (US)
• Ansatsu (暗殺) (Assassination) (1964)
  • DVD: Region 2 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)
• Ibun Sarutobi Sasuke (異聞猿飛佐助) (The Strange Story of Sarutobi Sasuke, a.k.a. Samurai Spy) (1965)
  • DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Criterion Collection (US)
• Shinjû-ten Amijima (心中天網島) (Amijima Effaced to Heaven by Lovers' Suicide, a.k.a. Double Suicide) (1969)
  • DVD: Region 0 NTSC: The Criterion Collection (US)
• Chinmoku / Silence (沈黙 / Silence) (1971)
  • DVD: Region 2 NTSC: The Masters of Cinema Series (UK)

[edit] External links

• The Movie Experience: Conversation with actress Shima Iwashita and director Masahiro Shinoda at the Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
• Masahiro Shinoda at the Internet Movie Database
• Masahiro Shinoda (Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database