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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.
As director
Spy Sorge
Owls' Castle
Moonlight Serenade
Sharaku
Takeshi: Childhood Days
The Dancer
Gonza the Spearman
Allusion: Reincarnation Story
MacArthur's Children
Island of the Evil Spirits
Demon Pond
Ballad of Orin
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Himiko
The Petrified Forest
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Silence
The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Double Suicide
Clouds at Sunset
Captive's Island
Samurai Spy
With Beauty and Sorrow
Pale Flower
Assassination
A Flame at the Pier
Our Marriage
Glory on the Summit
Killers on Parade
Love New and Old
