Acting

Eitarō Shindō

Born November 10, 1899 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Died February 18, 1977 · aged 77

Eitarō Shindō (1899–1977) was a Japanese film actor. His real name was Tatsugoro Shindo. After working as a stage actor, he entered the film industry and appeared in a wide range of films, appearing in as many as 620 works. He was a regular in Kenji Mizoguchi's films, such as Sansho the Bailiff, The Tale of Chikamatsu, and Street of Shame, and played villainous roles in Toei period dramas . In l…

Known For

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel · 1948

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.

Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff · 1954

Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

The Black Current

The Black Current · 1954

The Black Current

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director · 1975

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

MovieDocumentary

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.

A Devil of a Gentleman

A Devil of a Gentleman · 1963

A Devil of a Gentleman

Onna no issho

Onna no issho · 1953

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

Orders from Hell

Orders from Hell · 1964

Orders from Hell

Lion Festival of Echigo

Lion Festival of Echigo · 1962

Lion Festival of Echigo

Movies

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel · 1948

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former boss returns and drags him back toward the swampy underworld he can’t escape.

Sansho the Bailiff

Sansho the Bailiff · 1954

Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.

The Black Current

The Black Current · 1954

The Black Current

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director · 1975

Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

MovieDocumentary

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.

A Devil of a Gentleman

A Devil of a Gentleman · 1963

A Devil of a Gentleman

Onna no issho

Onna no issho · 1953

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

Orders from Hell

Orders from Hell · 1964

Orders from Hell

Lion Festival of Echigo

Lion Festival of Echigo · 1962

Lion Festival of Echigo

The Life of Oharu

The Life of Oharu · 1952

The Life of Oharu

During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage · 1960

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to rescue them.

Official with a Tattoo

Official with a Tattoo · 1960

Official with a Tattoo

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

Turbulent Highways

Turbulent Highways · 1959

Turbulent Highways

Merciless Blade Part 2

Merciless Blade Part 2 · 1953

Merciless Blade Part 2

MovieActionDrama

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Reminiscence

Reminiscence · 1953

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952 novel Thousand Cranes, a quietly devastating story of a young man, orphaned during the war, who stumbles into a passionate yet tragic relationship with his late father’s mistress and her daughter.

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 · 1964

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

Street of Shame

Street of Shame · 1956

Street of Shame

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Chikamatsu Monogatari

Chikamatsu Monogatari · 1954

Chikamatsu Monogatari

MovieDramaRomance

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves truly falling for one another.

Weeping Doll

Weeping Doll · 1951

A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.

Pleasant Company

Pleasant Company · 1962

Pleasant Company

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 · 1963

The Kingdom of Jirocho 2

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery · 1964

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery

Jiruba no Tetsu

Jiruba no Tetsu · 1950

Jiruba no Tetsu

Hell's Juggler

Hell's Juggler · 1961

Case of Umon: Red Lizard

Case of Umon: Red Lizard · 1962

Case of Umon: Red Lizard

MovieHistoryMystery

Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.

TV Shows

Oyaji Daiko

Oyaji Daiko · 1968

SeriesDramaFamily

The Tsuru family is a family of nine, headed by Kamejiro. Kamejiro is the president of a construction company that has made a fortune in its first generation, but he is a one-man family. His wife, Aiko, is a typical good wife and wise mother type. Kamejiro gets angry and thunders down every week, and the children are afraid of him, calling him "Oyaji Daiko", but he also takes advantage of this.

The Drumstick Detective

The Drumstick Detective · 1972

The Drumstick Detective

Ginji (Teruhiko Aoi), together with Yasugoro, a bathhouse owner, Toshiro, a ronin, Kojiro, a samurai retainer's son, and Omitsu, a kimono shop owner's daughter .... use drumsticks as a weapon against the evil that lurks in the city of Edo.