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Onibaba (1964) FR #1572 | Movie | Horror, Drama | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
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Director Kaneto Shindo
Writer Kaneto Shindo
Cast Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato
Plot Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
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Hadaka No Shima aka The Naked Island (1960) FR #2161 | Movie | Drama | Japan | Japanese
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Director Kaneto Shindo
Writer Kaneto Shindo
Cast Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka
Plot A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
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Hachi: A Dog'S Tale (2009) FR #2544 | Movie | Biography, Drama | UK, USA | English, Japanese
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Director Lasse Hallstrom
Writer Stephen P. Lindsey, Kaneto Shindo
Cast Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Plot Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As their bond grows deeper, a beautiful relationship un...
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Hachiko Monogatari aka Hachi-Ko (1987) FR #3128 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Japan | Japanese
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Director Seijiro Koyama
Writer Kaneto Shindo
Cast Tatsuya Nakadai, Kaoru Yachigusa, Toshiro Yanagiba
Plot The true story about a dog's loyalty to its master, even after his death.
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Yabu No Naka No Kuroneko aka Black Cat (1968) FR #3326 | Movie | Fantasy, Drama | Japan, USA | Japanese, English
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Director Kaneto Shindo
Writer Kaneto Shindo
Cast Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Sato
Plot Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.
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Editorial Best Movies/TV Shows Written by (or adapted from) Kaneto Shindo collects the writer’s most important, popular and top regarded work. This list is built from the cataogue of 25000 core titles provided on FlickRatings, and showcases most important movies and TV shows as ordered by our score generated using public metadata. Combine this with our weekly updated OTT information to shortlist your next watch.
