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Born March 9, 1931 · Gifu, Gifu, Japan
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.

Spy Sorge
2003

Owls' Castle
1999

Moonlight Serenade
1997

Sharaku
1995

Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990

The Dancer
1989

Gonza the Spearman
1986

Allusion: Reincarnation Story
1985

MacArthur's Children
1984

Island of the Evil Spirits
1981

Demon Pond
1979

Ballad of Orin
1977

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975

Himiko
1974

The Petrified Forest
1973

Sapporo Winter Olympics
1972

Silence
1971

The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
1970

Double Suicide
1969

Clouds at Sunset
1967

Captive's Island
1966

Samurai Spy
1965

With Beauty and Sorrow
1965

Assassination
1964

Pale Flower
1964

A Flame at the Pier
1962

Glory on the Summit
1962

Our Marriage
1962

Love New and Old
1961

Epitaph to My Love
1961

Killers on Parade
1961

Youth in Fury
1960

One Way Ticket to Love
1960