From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kaneto Shindō (born April 28, 1912, died May 29, 2012), Hiroshima, Japan) was a Japanese film director. He was married to actress Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994), who appeared in several of his films. He won the 1996 Japan Academy Prize for Director of the Year for A Last Note. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kaneto Shindō, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​