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name: "Eitarō Shindō"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eitaro-shindo"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 November 1899"
died: "18 February 1977"
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updated: "2026-09-16T12:43:44.010126+00:00"
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# Eitarō Shindō

Actor. Born 10 November 1899 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. Died 18 February 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 November 1899, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
- **Died:** 18 February 1977
- **Also known as:** Эйтаро Синдо

## Biography

Eitarō Shindō (also credited as Eitaro Shindo) was a Japanese film actor. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, he began as a stage actor before entering the film industry in the mid-1920s. He appeared in more than 300 films between the 1930s and 1970s.

Shindō is most closely associated with director Kenji Mizoguchi, appearing in twelve of his films. Notable roles include Sanshō dayû in *Sansho the Bailiff* (1954), Ishun in *Chikamatsu Monogatari* (1954), Kurazō Taya in *Street of Shame* (1956), and parts in *Drunken Angel* (1948), *The Life of Oharu* (1952), *Sisters of the Gion* (1936) and *A Geisha* (1953). He also worked in period dramas for Toei and later in television.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sansho the Bailiff* (1954), Fi1m 92, as Sanshô dayû — [page](https://film.one/film/sansho-the-bailiff.md)

## Also known for

- *Drunken Angel* (1948), Takahama
- *The Life of Oharu* (1952), Kahe Sasaya
- *Chikamatsu Monogatari* (1954), Ishun
- *Street of Shame* (1956), Kurazô Taya
- *Sisters of the Gion* (1936), Kudo
- *Princess Yang Kwei-fei* (1955), Kao Li-hsi
- *Osaka Elegy* (1936), Yoshizo Fujino
- *A Geisha* (1953), Sawamoto

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