Kaneto Shindō — Playwright (93)
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Children of Hiroshima. (1952) [Movie] Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
原爆の子
director: 新藤兼人 (Kaneto Shindô) actor: 乙羽信子 / 清水将夫 …
other title: 原爆之子 / 原爆の子 …
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
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The Graceful Brute (1962) [Movie] Douban
しとやかな獣
8.4 (31 ratings) director: 川岛雄三 actor: 若尾文子 / 伊藤雄之助 …
other title: 安详之兽 / しとやかな獣 …
前田时造是日本原海军中尉，日本战败后，前田一家曾一度过着猫犬不如的贫困生活，他曾发誓要改变生活。现在，他过上了中产阶级的生活。在日本东京的郊区外，在大众式公寓丛中有了前田时造的家，不再是以前那种丑陋、寒酸的面貌。每天，他坐在公寓四层的家中，给在外谋生的孩子们出谋划策，教育孩子们：“为了不再过那种非人的生活，要不顾一切去争取。”前田家的生活水平不断上升，然而有人却死于非命......
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Black Cat from the Grove (1968) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
藪の中の黒猫
8.3 (32 ratings) director: 新藤兼人 actor: 中村吉右卫门 / 乙羽信子 …
other title: 黑猫 / 藪の中の黒猫 …
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
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The Strange Story of Oyuki (1992) [Movie] Douban
濹東綺譚
7.0 (14 ratings) director: 新藤兼人 actor: 津川雅彦 / 墨田由纪
other title: 墨东绮谭 / 濹東綺譚 …
日本小说家永井荷风（津川雅彦 饰）出身名门，但他生活放纵，最终被哥哥逐出家门。欧洲学成归来的他依然不改浪荡秉性，成日里周旋于各色女人中间，耽于描绘底层艺妓的生活，被同行所不齿。
57岁的永井某天感到才思和肉体的双重匮乏，于是外出来到玉井，在此邂逅了因阪神地震流落至此的私娼雪子（墨田雪 饰）。永井从雪子身上找回信心，并为之单纯的性格所吸引，而雪子亦决心委身于永井。两人相约成婚，永井却在当天失约。两人从此失散，至死未再重逢……
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Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970) [Movie] Douban
裸の十九才
director: 新藤兼人 actor: 原田大二郎 / 乙羽信子
other title: 赤贫的19岁 / 裸の十九才 …
又一部残酷青春社会剧，北海道的19岁乡下少年边夫来到东京，逐渐由一个纯朴少年变为无恶不为的杀人犯……1970年《电影旬报》年度十佳之一。
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A Last Note (1995) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
午後の遺言状
8.7 (11 ratings) director: 新藤兼人 actor: 杉村春子 / 乙羽信子 …
other title: 午后的遗言 / 午後の遺言状 …
A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and the past
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大小姐干杯 (1949) [Movie] Douban
お嬢さん乾杯
director: 木下惠介 actor: 佐野周二 / 佐田启二 …
other title: お嬢さん乾杯 / Ojosan Kanpai
A former aristocratic family faces financial hardship and their daughter is introduced to a nice man in the auto repair business, the hope being that a marriage might be of economic assistance to the family. The daughter's family finds it hard to accept this kind of idea and the young man is uncomfortable with the difference in their social standing. However, everything works out in the end and a happy marriage takes place.