Directing

Toshio Shimura

Born — Died

1914-10-13 — 1980-07-07

Place of birth

Shizuoka, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Film director and screenwriter.

Known for

Behind the camera

Nice Day, Cloudy Day Part II poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nice Day, Cloudy Day Part II

1954

Tengu Kurama: A Strong Wind Through 808 Villages poster
NR

Kurama Tengu appears in the Great Edo, where conspiracies swirl. The righteous sword flashes as the mystery of a beautiful woman’s disappearance unfolds.

Tengu Kurama: A Strong Wind Through 808 Villages

1954

Terror Stalks by Night poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Terror Stalks by Night

1955

Hatamoto Yakuza poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hatamoto Yakuza

1955

Hyoroku's Dream Tale poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hyoroku's Dream Tale

1943

Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Umon's Detective Story: Hakata Doll Gift

1955

Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01 poster
NR

First part - Edo at the end of the Edo period, when the wind and clouds were rising rapidly - The people gathered at Kiba late at night are Shinnojo Hosoki, a loyal loyalist to the king, who has organized a gang of thieves for the king and works behind the scenes.

Teru hi kumoru hi dainihen Part 01

1954

No artwork available
NR

Utako Mitsuya's film debut.

Forever in Our Hearts

1956

I Was a Prisoner in Siberia poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

I Was a Prisoner in Siberia

1952

No artwork available
6.0

Kizaki, an upstart at a trading company has one more assignment for the day before meeting his lovely girlfriend, Natsuki for a date. Little does he know that he's walking straight into a trap set up by his boss, Asanuma and his murderous right hand man. The next day Kizaki finds himself framed for the murder of the company president, and the robbing of the company safe. Natsuki innocently waves goodbye to her loved ones as the boat sails only find herself caught in Asanuma's evil scheming and the object of his lust. In a desperate attempt to escape, she falls to the watery depths. When we next see her she has washed ashore like a siren in the nude on a deserted island inhabited by five castaways who fight each other for her. She learns there's a rich wealth of clams underwater and eventually comes into a large fortune in pearls. Once rescued, she returns to Japan with revenge on her mind.

Revenge of the Pearl Queen

1956

Tōjinbō no oni poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tōjinbō no oni

1954

The Sea Warrior poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Sea Warrior

1955

The Sea Warrior poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Sea Warrior

1955

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets poster
5.0

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1956

The Devil of Edo poster
8.0

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

The Devil of Edo

1947

Birth of a Jazz Star poster
NR

Keiko Togawa, a chorus girl at the Toyo Theater, is told by director Miyauchi that she has been chosen to play the lead role in the next production.

Birth of a Jazz Star

1954

No artwork available
NR

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Western-style outfit lying in his exam room. He must retrace his blurry steps of the night before, and navigate a web of embezzlement, murder, framings, and false identities in Tokyo's Ginza district, to discover the identity of the dead woman and why she is there—and hopefully prove his innocence, before his wedding in three days...

Golden Beast

1950

Woman Diver's Terror poster
NR

Chie, who's chosen as 'Ms. Woman Diver', and her friend Yuki, have been missing for several days after they left for Tokyo to be interviewed by a magazine. Later, Yuki is found dead in the sea. Yoshi, Chie's sister, along with sailor Shunsuke, try to find Chie. Soon they learn about a conspiracy with diamonds in a ship sunk in the sea.

Woman Diver's Terror

1957

Life Begins at 61 poster
NR

Japanese war-era film

Life Begins at 61

1941

Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa

1942

Golden Bat: Phantom of the Skyscraper poster
NR

The first film appearence of The Golden Bat. Lost media.

Golden Bat: Phantom of the Skyscraper

1950

The Splendid Gold Mine poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Splendid Gold Mine

1941

No artwork available
NR

1957 crime film directed by Toshio Shimura for Shintoho.

Shikeishû no shôri

1957

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kodakara fūfu

1941