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): Bruno Kirby • Chris White (politician) • Ferruccio Lamborghini • Hal Sutton • Hertha Ayrton • Ian Rankin • Josiah Thomas (politician) • Juan Mata • Kim Sung-kyu • LeRon Ellis • Marie Harel • Miodrag Radulovacki • Yi Sun-sin • Yves Klein

Born in the same month (April 1912): A. E. van Vogt • Alois Brunner • Antonio Ferri • Boris Kidrič • Dorothy Eden • Earl Bostic • Eve Arnold • Frank Dilio • Georg Siimenson • Grigoris Lambrakis • Hound Dog Taylor • István Örkény • Jacques de Bourbon-Busset • John Levy (musician) • Kaneto Shindo • Kim Il Sung • Makar Honcharenko • Robert Doisneau • William Congdon • Zohra Sehgal