Masahiro Shinoda
was a Japanese film director, whose career spanned over four decades and covered a wide range of genres and styles. He was one of the central figures of the
Japanese New Wave during the 1960s and 1970s. He directed films for
Shochiku Studio from 1960 to 1965, before turning to
independent cinema from 1966 onward. His film style was characterized by
socially marginalized characters, many of whom turn to crime or suicide, and meticulous attention to pictorial beauty. He drew on traditional Japanese fiction and theater and some of his films bear the influence of
Kenji Mizoguchi, whom he admired.
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