Toshirō Ishidō

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1932-07-17

Deathday 2011-11-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Toshio Iwado, Ishido Yoshi Akira, Toshiro Ishido

Toshirō Ishidō

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.

Known For

Writer

2006
Eight Below

as Original Story

2001
Closed Ward

as Screenplay

1995
Hiroshima

as Writer

1995
1989
Black Rain

as Screenplay

1986
Jazz Daimyo

as Writer

1983
Antarctica

as Writer

1983
Dark Room

as Screenplay

1980
Ultraman 80

as Writer

1976
The Sea of Genkai

as Screenplay

1976
Hi no kuni ni

as Original Story

1974
1973
1972
Poem

as Writer

1972
1971
Mandala

as Writer

1971
1971
Silver Kamen

as Writer

1970
This Transient Life

as Screenplay

1968
Affair in the Snow

as Screenplay

1968
1966
1965
1965
The Abalone Gals

as Screenplay

1963
Bad Girl

as Screenplay

1962
1961
The Catch

as Screenplay

1960
The Sun's Burial

as Screenplay

Actor

1984
Sure Death

as Shōbei

1983
Meiso chizu

as Taisuke Itakura

1979
Vengeance Is Mine

as Presiding Judge

1968
1961
The Catch

as Jiro, Yoichi's son

Director

1960
Cruel Story of Youth

as Assistant Director