Kaneto Shindo

Kaneto Shindō was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer, who directed 48 films and wrote scripts for 238. His best known films as a director include Children of Hiroshima, The Naked Island, Onibaba, Kuroneko and A Last Note. His screenplays were filmed by directors such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Kon Ichikawa, Keisuke Kinoshita, Seijun Suzuki, and Tadashi Imai.

22 April 1912

Born on the same birth date (22 April 1912): Kathleen Ferrier

Born on the same birth day (22 April): Alo Mattiisen • Bettie Page • Giuseppe Torelli • Harald Bohr • James Sullivan (governor) • John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville • Julius Sterling Morton • Louise Glück • Mel Carter • Michael Wittmann • Paul Davies • Regine Velasquez • Sherri Shepherd • Vladimir Lenin

Born in the same month (April 1912): Antonio Ferri • Bill Roberts (athlete) • Dorothy Eden • Eve Arnold • Frank Dilio • Georg Siimenson • Hound Dog Taylor • István Örkény • Jacques de Bourbon-Busset • Jehan Buhan • John Le Mesurier • Kaneto Shindo • Kim Il Sung • Makar Honcharenko