Kaneto Shindo

Sixty years ago, the writer of this column said about “Genbaku no Ko” (Children of Hiroshima) by Kaneto Shindo: “This is a film only a Japanese director can, and is...

Kaneto Shindo, Japan’s oldest active film director whose many movies, including “Genbaku no Ko” (Children of Hiroshima), often focused on social issues, died at his home...

Kaneto Shindo, a film director born in the last year of the Meiji Era (1868-1912), was 95 years old when he wrote: "I don't believe I could possibly live to be 100, but I am...