Masahiro Shinoda

Masahiro Shinoda was born on 9 March 1931 in Gifu Prefecture. A theatre student at Waseda University, he ran in the Hakone relay, then joined Shōchiku in 1953 as an assistant. The studio moved him up to directing in 1960, with two other young filmmakers, to launch a new wave. He left Shōchiku in 1965 and founded an independent company, Hyōgensha. In 1967 he married the actress Shima Iwashita, who appeared in many of his films; he stopped making films after 2003 and died of pneumonia on 25 March 2025.

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• CinemaDouble Suicide心中天網島Masahiro Shinoda · 1969Cinema