Ishido Toshiro

Name: Ishido Toshiro
Native name: 石堂淑朗
Also Known as: いしどうとしろう, Ishido Yoshi Akira
Nationality: Japanese
Gender: Male
Born: July 17, 1932
Died: November 11, 2011

Toshiro Ishido was born on July 17, 1932 in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for Black Rain (1989), Eight Below (2006) and Return of Ultraman (1971). He died on November 1, 2011 in Tokyo, Japan. He went by the pen name Ishido Yoshi Akira.
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Year	Title	Type	Rating
2001	Closed Ward	Movie	9.0
1989	Black Rain	Movie	7.6
1988	Loveless	Drama	0.0
1983	Dark Room	Movie	0.0
1983	Antarctica	Movie	7.7
1981	Doshin Akatsuki Rannosuke	Drama	0.0
1980	Ultraman 80	Drama	7.1
1978	Aijin	Drama	0.0
1977	Shingo Torimonocho	Drama	2.0
1976	The Sea of Genkai	Movie	7.6
1974	Japan Sinks	Drama	7.2
1974	Kimi Matedomo	Drama	0.0
1974	Ultraman Leo	Drama	7.4
1974	THE BODY-GUARD	Drama	0.0
1973	Submersion of Japan	Movie	7.1
1973	Ultraman Taro	Drama	7.2
1973	Kozure Okami	Drama	6.9
1972	Nekketsu Sarutobi Sasuke	Drama	0.0
1972	Hissatsu Shikakenin	Drama	8.0
1972	Ultraman Ace	Drama	7.1
1972	Poem	Movie	6.8
1971	Silver Kamen	Drama	2.0
1971	Mandara	Movie	6.8
1971	Return of Ultraman	Drama	7.4
1970	This Transient Life	Movie	6.8
1968	Operation: Mystery	Drama	6.0
1968	Affair in the Snow	Movie	6.8
1966	Woman of the Lake	Movie	6.9
1965	A Story Written with Water	Movie	7.2
1963	The Bad Girl	Movie	8.2
1962	Warera Seishun	Drama	0.0
1962	The Rebel	Movie	6.5
1961	The Catch	Movie	6.9
1960	Night and Fog in Japan	Movie	6.9
1960	The Sun's Burial	Movie	6.8

Year	Title	Type	Rating
1979	Nanase Futatabi	Drama	0.0

Year	Title	#	Role	Rating
1973	Ultraman Taro Japanese Drama, 1973, 53 eps Iwamori Yoshiharu (Ep. 24) (Guest Role)	53	Iwamori Yoshiharu (Ep. 24) Guest Role	7.2

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1997	The Eel Japanese Movie, 1997, (Unknown)	Unknown	7.2
1961	The Catch Japanese Movie, 1961, Kokubo Jiro (Support Role)	Kokubo Jiro Support Role	6.9

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