Eitarō Shindō
Biography
Eitarō Shindō (1899–1977) was a Japanese film actor. His real name was Tatsugoro Shindo. After working as a stage actor, he entered the film industry and appeared in a wide range of films, appearing in as many as 620 works. He was a regular in Kenji Mizoguchi's films, such as Sansho the Bailiff, The Tale of Chikamatsu, and Street of Shame, and played villainous roles in Toei period dramas . In later years, he moved to television dramas , gaining popularity for his roles in family dramas such as Oyaji Taiko. In 1976 he was hospitalized for heart disease and died of a myocardial infarction at Denenchofu Central Hospital on December 18, 1977. He was 78 years old.
Known For
Oyaji Daiko
Sansho the Bailiff
The Drumstick Detective
Drunken Angel
Street of Shame
Chikamatsu Monogatari
The Kingdom of Jirocho 1
Princess Yang Kwei-fei
All Movies (273)
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director1975 · as Self
- Monsieur Zivaco1967 · as President Oike
- 若社長レインボー作戦1967
- Rebellion of Japan1967
- The Craziest Operation1966
- The Man from Planet Alpha1966
- Japan's No. 1 Reckless Man1966
- Four and A Half Mats1966 · as Yasuzō Fukazawa
- The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks1966 · as Sir Doi
- A Smell of Money1965
- Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man1965
- President's Ninja Trick Book Part II1965 · as Kōga (President, Kōga Trading)
- Irresponsible Life in Edo Japan1964
- Revenge1964 · as Koetsu
- Raised in a Palace1964 · as Chiyomatsu
- Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery1964
- The Kingdom of Jirocho 31964
- Warrior of the Wind1964
- Orders from Hell1964
- Crazy Cats Go to Hong Kong1963
- The Kingdom of Jirocho 21963
- A House in the Quarter1963
- Gang Loyalty and Vengeance1963 · as Horibe
- The Kingdom of Jirocho 11963
- Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin1963
- Kyu-chan, Draw Your Sword1963
- Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella1963 · as Keishiro Murakami
- Sword of Solitude1963
- Kawachi fudoki oiro ke hanjō-ki1963
- A Devil of a Gentleman1963
- Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５1963 · as Jirocho
- Tattoo of Love1963
- Uragirimono wa jigoku daze1962
- The Body1962
- Tengu Priest1962
- Showdown at Lightning Pass1962
- Lion Festival of Echigo1962
- Ganko Oyaji to Edokko Shain1962
- Tōkyō sanosa musume1962
- Hibari the Traveling Performer1962
- The Sentencer1962
- Case of Umon: Red Lizard1962
- Yakuza Official1962
- The Ambitious Youth1962 · as Hikozo Okubo
- The Bandits1962
- Tales of President Mito1962 · as Kohei Mito
- Pleasant Company1962
- The Eve of the Chinese Festival1962
- 次郎長社長と石松社員 威風堂々1962
- Travels of Gonkuro1961
- The Conspirator1961
- Tale of a Company Boss 31961 · as Chojiro Shimizu
- Boss Takes to the Road1961 · as Chojiro Shimizu
- Himalayan Wanderer1961
- Case of Umon: Woman of the Magic Lantern1961
- Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.２1961
- Tale of a Company Boss1961 · as Chojiro Shimizu
- Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō1961
- Magistrate of Dice1961
- The Ako Retainers1961
- Festival of Swordsmen1961
- An Edo Magistrate1961
- Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders1961
- Hell's Juggler1961
- The Shogun and the Fishmonger1961
- Scarier than the Devil1960
- Queen of the Treasure Island1960
- The Pirates1960
- The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 31960
- The Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor1960
- The Black Hooded Man in Peril1960
- Ninja Assassins1960
- Unwieldy Brothers1960 · as Yamaji Saemon
- Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage1960
- The Man of Seven Faces1960 · as Shuhei Hoshimura
- Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 41960
- White Cliffs1960
- Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 31960
- Official with a Tattoo1960 · as Sarako Jubei
- Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill1960
- The Second Bullet is Marked1960
- Road of Chivalry1960
- An Actor's Revenge1959
- Isshin Tasuke: A Man Among Men1959
- The Travel notes of Choshichiro - Peregrine Goblin1959
- Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda1959
- Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka1959
- A Spectacular Showdown1959
- Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun1959
- Gentle Breeze1959
- Hell's Companion1959
- Happily Tied to the Road1959 · as Koshuya
- House of Spider Webs1959
- Turbulent Highways1959
- Whirlwind Magistrate1959
- Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf1959
- The Unleashed Lord1959
- The Bastards of Lawless Town1959
- The Acrobats of Death1959
- Fighting Disposition1958
- Case of a Young Lord 7: Red Crane House1958
- Detective Hibari: Secret of the Golden Coin1958
- Kanbei's Bargain Sale1958
- Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger1958
- The Sword Knows1958
- Kunisada Chuji1958
- Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute1958
- Midair Circus1958
- Magistrate Ooka’s Legends1958
- Yaji and Kita's Ghost Story Journey1958
- His Pistol is Hell1958
- Eight Views of Samurai1958
- Wind, Woman and Road1958
- Aoi Secret Book1958 · as Monjuro Kaida
- 直八子供旅1958
- Man of Thirteen Eyes1958
- The Scroll’s Secret1958
- A Chivalrous Spirit1958
- Falcon Magistrate1957
- Travel Romances1957
- Shadow Over Fuji1957
- Shadow Over Fuji1957 · as Hakuten
- Goblin's Highway1957
- Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case1957
- Ghost Ship Part 11957 · as Gorôdayû
- Lord Mito1957
- The Adventures of Chuji1957 · as Denbei Sagamiya
- Temple of Revenge1957
- Rebellion1957
- The Lord Takes a Bride1957 · as Nagano
- Lords of Oppression 21957
- Lords of Oppression1957
- Pirates Magistrate1957
- The Horse Boy1957
- Pure-Hearted Unit1957
- Shimizu Port of Chivalry1957 · as Kyuroku
- 神変美女桜1956
- Red-Lacquered Sword1956
- やくざ大名1956
- The Fiery Magistrate1956
- Manchurian Sunset1956
- Ancient Coins1956
- Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship1956
- Gendai no yokubô1956
- Sisters of Gion1956
- The Chop Professor1956
- Street of Shame1956 · as Kurazô Taya
- 快剣士・笑いの面1956
- 大当り男一代1956 · as 柏屋万兵衛
- Three Women Around Yoshinaka1956
- Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Letter of Challenge1955
- Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace1955
- The Roar of The Lion1955
- Ticket to Hell1955 · as Heijirô Gondô
- Taira Clan Saga1955 · as Banboku
- Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda1955 · as Saitō Dōsan
- New Women’s Dialogue1955
- 振袖釼法1955 · as 堀源太左衛門
- Tôjûrô no koi1955 · as Mandayu Miyako
- Princess Yang Kwei-fei1955 · as Kao Li-hsi
- Four Swordsmen of Ashura1955
- Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf1955
- Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji1955 · as Pilgrim
- A Gang of Five1955 · as Hamamatsu-ya Kobei
- Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Phantom Mansion1954
- Chikamatsu Monogatari1954 · as Ishun
- 続変化大名1954
- The Black Current1954
- Inugami-ke no nazo: Akuma wa odoru1954
- The Story of Shunkin1954
- The Woman in the Rumor1954 · as Yasuichi Harada
- Sansho the Bailiff1954 · as Sanshô dayû
- The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate1954
- A Samurai's Love1954
- Koina no Ginpei1954
- Onna no issho1953
- The Sun1953
- A Geisha1953 · as Sawamoto
- One-Eyed Detective1953 · as Takayuki Okabe
- Merciless Blade Part 31953
- Merciless Blade Part 21953
- Yokubo1953
- 近藤勇 池田屋騒動1953
- Merciless Blade1953
- Miniature1953
- Bored Hatamoto Passes By1953
- Reminiscence1953
- 花吹雪男祭り 1952
- Shimizu no Jirocho den1952
- Zoku santō jūyaku1952
- Violence1952
- Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa1952
- はだか大名 後篇1952
- はだか大名 前篇1952
- Taki no Shiraito1952 · as Gōzō Matsunaga
- Third Class Executives1952
- The Life of Oharu1952 · as Kahe Sasaya
- Sisters of Nishijin1952
- お洒落狂女1952 · as Yoshibei Nakakumaya
- 治郎吉格子1952 · as 仁吉
- Story of Lightning1951
- Repast1951 · as (uncredited)
- Five Men of Edo1951 · as Gonhei
- Yatsuhaka-mura1951
- The Lady of Musashino1951 · as Shinzaburo Miyaji
- Tales of a Drifter1951
- Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask1951
- Miss Oyu1951 · as Kusaemon
- G-men of Japan 3: Fearless Counterattack1951
- The Tale of Genji1951 · as Minister of the Right
- Weeping Doll1951
- 新遊侠伝 遊侠往来1951
- 新遊侠伝1951
- The Killing of Otsuya1951 · as Tokubei
- Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain1951 · as Mondo Tani
- Clothes of Deception1951 · as Isehama
- Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf1951
- Battle of Roses1950
- Bored Hatamoto Detective, Part 2: Poisoning of the Demon Lord1950
- Fencing Master1950
- Jiruba no Tetsu1950
- Heat and Mud1950
- The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume1950
- The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume1950
- Enoken ohako rakuda no Ma-san1950
- Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka1950 · as Yamazaki
- Escape from Prison1950
- G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape1950
- Rinchi1949 · as Hizakura
- Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen1949
- Island of Horrors1949 · as Kihei
- Jakoman and Tetsu1949 · as Kyubei
- Kaze no ko1949
- Thirty-three footprints1948
- Drunken Angel1948 · as Takahama
- Actress1947 · as Dr. Okubo
- Eleven High School Girls1946
- Lord for a Night1946
- Beauty1946 · as Densuke Isaka
- A Descendant of Urashima Taro1946
- Hinoki Butai1946
- Duel at Yagyu Valley1945 · as Kijin Juzaemon
- The Way of Drama1944
- My Nightingale1944 · as Tatsumi
- World of Love1943
- 音楽大進軍1943 · as Director
- The Opium War1943
- Kantaro of Ina1943
- The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya1942 · as Kurimoto
- Wings of Victory1942
- Mother Never Dies1942
- Onna keizu1942 · as Sakata
- Green Earth1942
- Currents of Youth1942 · as Yuijima
- Sky of Hope1942 · as Man With the Knapsack
- The Battle of Kawanakajima1941 · as Samanosuke Karasaki
- The Splendid Gold Mine1941
- Dancers of Awa1941
- The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday1941
- Oath on the Burning Sands1940
- 明朗五人男1940
- Flowers Blooming In the Storm1940
- Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year1939
- Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki1939 · as Ittetsu Inaba
- Song of the White Orchid1939
- Flower Picking Diary1939
- Numazu Officer School1939
- Old Songs1939
- Itahachi shima1938
- Nangoku taiheiki1937 · as Maki Chutaro
- Kuriyama Daizen1936 · as Hayase Sake
- Sisters of the Gion1936 · as Kudo
- Osaka Elegy1936 · as Yoshizo Fujino