
Toshirō Ishidō
Writer
Born: July 17, 1932 (79 years old)
Died: November 1, 2011
Place of birth: Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Biography
Toshirō Ishidō (石堂淑朗; born July 16, 1932 - Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese screenwriter known for his work with Yoshishige Yoshida (A Story Written with Water, Affair in the Snow and Woman of the Lake). He usually goes by the name of Ishido Yoshi Akira. His screenplay for the 1983 film "Antarctica" received an American adaptation under the name of "Eight Below" directed by Frank Marshall, which had a theatrical release in 2006.
Filmography (26)
- Hiroshima (1995, ★ 8)
- Return of Ultraman (1971, ★ 8.6)
- The Eel (1997, ★ 6.9)
- Death by Hanging (1968, ★ 7.4)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1979, ★ 7.5)
- Black Rain (1989, ★ 7.6)
- Woman of the Lake (1966, ★ 6.9)
- Antarctica (1983, ★ 7.2)
- Bad Girl (1963, ★ 7.8)
- This Transient Life (1970, ★ 7.3)
- Ultraman 80 (1980, ★ 8)
- Eight Below (2006, ★ 7)
- Operation: Mystery (1968, ★ 7.8)
- Sure Death (1984, ★ 6.2)
- The Catch (1961, ★ 6.3)
- Shiro Amakusa: The Christian Rebel (1962, ★ 6.2)
- Sex Education Mistresses (1973, ★ 5.7)
- Night and Fog in Japan (1960, ★ 6.4)
- The Sun's Burial (1960, ★ 6.4)
- A Story Written with Water (1965, ★ 6.2)
- Cruel Story of Youth (1960, ★ 6.5)
- Affair in the Snow (1968, ★ 6.6)
- Poem (1972, ★ 6.7)
- Dark Room (1983, ★ 5)
- Jazz Daimyo (1986, ★ 5.7)
- Mandala (1971, ★ 5.7)