Writing

Kunio Shimizu

Born — Died

1936-11-17 — 2021-04-15

Place of birth

Niigata, Japan

Known for

Writing

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Island of the Evil Spirits poster
6.2

Renowned detective Kosuke Kindaichi is called to an island where a dying man's words lead him to investigate a series of murders connected to the 'Nue' legend and the powerful Osakabe family, who separate twins at birth.

Island of the Evil Spirits

1981

A Full Life poster
10.0

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

A Full Life

1962

No artwork available
8.0

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.

The Day the Sun Rose

1968

The Assassination of Ryoma poster
4.8

Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).

The Assassination of Ryoma

1974

Gone Without Saying Goodbye! poster
NR

This TV drama special depicts the obsession of a sister and two detectives searching for her missing brother who witnessed the crimes of a political fixer.

Gone Without Saying Goodbye!

1981

She and He poster
7.0

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.

She and He

1963

Cry of the Mountain poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cry of the Mountain

1968

No artwork available
NR

Documentary short.

School of Fish Goes to Africa

1966

No artwork available
10.0

A college graduate falls in love with a woman during a business trip in Hokkaido

Hokkaido, My Love

1962

Lost Lovers poster
NR

A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.

Lost Lovers

1971

Lost Lovers poster
NR

A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.

Lost Lovers

1971

No artwork available
NR

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

1980

The Song of the Bwana Toshi poster
7.0

Traveling to Africa in a cultural exchange program, a young Japanese engineer discovers a world completely unlike the one he knows. His interaction with the Africans he meets reveals to him that he has been living a lie, and that he is not the man he thought he was.

The Song of the Bwana Toshi

1966