Biography
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.
Directed 34
2000s
- 2003
Spy Sorge
Director
1990s
- 1999
Owls' Castle
Director
- 1997
Moonlight Serenade
Director
- 1995
Sharaku
Director
- 1990
Takeshi: Childhood Days
Director
1980s
- 1989
The Dancer
Director
- 1986
- 1985
Allusion: Reincarnation Story
Director
- 1984
- 1981
1970s
- 1979
- 1977
- 1975
- 1974
Himiko
Director
- 1973
The Petrified Forest
Director
- 1972
Sapporo Winter Olympics
Director
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
- 1967
- 1966
- 1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
Director
- 1964
- 1962
A Flame at the Pier
Director
Our Marriage
Director
- 1961
- 1960
Youth in Fury
Director
One-Way Ticket to Love
Director
1950s
- 1957
Wrote 15
2000s
- 2007
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
Screenplay
- 2003
Spy Sorge
Screenplay, Original Story
1990s
- 1999
Owls' Castle
Screenplay
- 1995
Sharaku
Screenplay
1980s
- 1989
The Dancer
Screenplay
1970s
- 1977
- 1975
- 1974
Himiko
Screenplay
- 1971
1960s
- 1969
- 1964
- 1962
A Flame at the Pier
Screenplay
Our Marriage
Screenplay
- 1961
- 1960
One-Way Ticket to Love
Screenplay
Produced 3
Edited 2
1990s
- 1995
Sharaku
Editor
1960s
- 1966
Acted in 1
1960s
- 1969
Funeral Parade of Roses
Movie
Art department 1
1970s
- 1971
Appearances2
2000s
- 2009
Masahiro Shinoda on 'The Human Condition'
Self
1990s
- 1993
Masaki Kobayashi on 'The Human Condition'
Self