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
Complete Filmography
The Oshima Gang
2010
Eight Below
2006
Original Story
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren, the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due...
Closed Ward
2001
Screenplay
The Eel
1997
A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no on...
House of Sleeping Beauties
1995
Screenplay
About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old ...
Hiroshima
1995
Writer
Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the...
Black Rain
1989
Screenplay
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic b...
Jazz Daimyo
1986
Writer
Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.
Sure Death
1984
as Shōbei
A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed they...
Afternoon of the Evil Spirits
1983
Writer
An ancient evil spirit resurrects in the modern age and possesses a beautiful woman.
Dark Room
1983
Screenplay
A writer haunted by the death of his wife and threatened by the imagined infidelities of his lovers uses his affairs for the subjects of his novels.
Antarctica
1983
Writer
Two Japanese scientists, Ushioda and Ochi, develop a bond with their sled dogs while on an expedition in Antarctica.
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
as Presiding Judge
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
The Sea of Genkai
1976
Screenplay
Two yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean women, meet a stowaway on Japanese soil from across th...
Sex Education Mistresses
1973
Screenplay
An erotic comedy depicting the sex adventures of young wives living in an apartment complex, that are not satisfied with just having sex with their h...
Poem
1972
Screenplay
The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the lawyer's...
Mandala
1971
Screenplay
Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked. Desperat...
This Transient Life
1970
Screenplay
Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an as...
Death by Hanging
1968
as Priest
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
Affair in the Snow
1968
Screenplay
In an isolated mountain resort, a woman gets involved in a love triangle between herself, her volatile lover and her ex-boyfriend, for whom she had pl...
Woman of the Lake
1966
Writer
A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.
A Story Written with Water
1965
Screenplay
Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the l...
The Abalone Gals
1965
Screenplay
South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it is being made into a tourist's playlan...
Bad Girl
1963
Screenplay
Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights ...
Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
1962
Screenplay
This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece swo...
The Christian Revolt
1962
Writer
In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic Christian...
The Catch
1961
as Jiro, Yoichi's son
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions a...
The Catch
1961
Screenplay
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions a...
Night and Fog in Japan
1960
Writer
Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.
The Sun's Burial
1960
Screenplay
In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of bl...
Cruel Story of Youth
1960
Assistant Director
A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.