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.
Cast
Crew

Himiko
Producer, Writer, Director

Pale Flower
Director, Screenplay

Double Suicide
Director, Writer, Producer

Samurai Spy
Director

Takeshi: Childhood Days
Director

Captive's Island
Director, Editor

Silence
Director, Screenplay, Production Design

Assassination
Director

Gonza the Spearman
Director

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Director, Screenplay

Sharaku
Screenplay, Director, Editor

Killers on Parade
Director

Youth in Fury
Director

Demon Pond
Director

A Flame at the Pier
Director, Screenplay

The Petrified Forest
Director

Ballad of Orin
Director, Screenplay

Owls' Castle
Writer, Director

One Way Ticket to Love
Director, Screenplay

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
Director

Love New and Old
Director

Moonlight Serenade
Director

Our Marriage
Director, Screenplay

With Beauty and Sorrow
Director

Spy Sorge
Director, Writer, Producer

MacArthur's Children
Director

Island of the Evil Spirits
Director

The Dancer
Director, Screenplay

Allusion: Reincarnation Story
Director

Epitaph to My Love
Director, Screenplay

Sapporo Winter Olympics
Director

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky
Screenplay

Glory on the Summit
Director

Tokyo Twilight
Assistant Director

Clouds at Sunset
Director


