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.

28 April 1912

Born on the same birth date (28 April 1912): Odette Hallowes

Born on the same birth day (28 April): Carolyn Jones • Chris White (politician) • DeMarcus Lawrence • Elizabeth LeCompte • Jan Oort • John Daly (golfer) • John Thorn (headmaster) • Juan Mata • Karl Barry Sharpless • Lucas Jakubczyk • Lucy Booth • Ludvig Schytte • Marc Lacroix (biochemist) • Matt Chapman • Michel Mohrt • Phil King (musician) • Scott Fujita • T. John Lesinski • Timothy Curley • Tobias Asser

Born in the same month (April 1912): Bill Roberts (athlete) • Boris Kidrič • Carlos Guastavino • Dorothy Eden • Eve Arnold • Frank Dilio • Hamengkubuwono IX • Hound Dog Taylor • Jacques de Bourbon-Busset • Jehan Buhan • John Le Mesurier • John Levy (musician) • Kathleen Ferrier • Kim Il Sung • Lev Kopelev • Makar Honcharenko • Odette Hallowes • Ruth Osburn • Sonja Henie