Writing

Toshio Shiina

Known for

Writing

Credits

21 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Sanctuary poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sanctuary

1961

Koko ni otoko ari poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Koko ni otoko ari

1959

Mune yori mune ni poster
10.0

Japanese drama

Mune yori mune ni

1955

The Refugee poster
NR

A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite his difficult circumstances, he finds love in the form of Sachiko and the two marry. They later travel to Nanjing to live a new life together where Sachiko and Shaochang cooperate with the Japanese-backed government. Their ultimate hope is to secure peace but their idealism is not enough to keep them together through brutal times and with the end of the war the two find themselves facing a divorce... --Osaka Asian Film Festival

The Refugee

1955

Here It is Quiet poster
NR

A youth film set in a high school.

Here It is Quiet

1956

Hikkoshi yatsure poster
NR

Manao Horiuchi movie

Hikkoshi yatsure

1961

Tokyo Omnibus poster
NR

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.

Tokyo Omnibus

1959

Vagabond Lovers poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vagabond Lovers

1959

Storm on the Silvery Peaks poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Storm on the Silvery Peaks

1960

When It Rains, It Pours poster
6.0

Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to the fact her mother is a mistress, her despair drives her to become a cabaret hostess.

When It Rains, It Pours

1957

Love du Jour poster
NR

The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a generational battle between a mother who is anxious about the issue of an heir and her modern children.

Love du Jour

1957

Young Lovers poster
NR

The story of a young couple deeply in love with each other but, because of complications and misunderstandings created by the people surrounding them, they find it very difficult to achieve happiness.

Young Lovers

1957

Hattari Seinen Shinshi poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Hattari Seinen Shinshi

1961

Shūkin ryokō poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shūkin ryokō

1957

Gakusei geisha koi to kenka poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Gakusei geisha koi to kenka

1962

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow poster
NR

A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according to his own desires. Against all the odds, he manages to push through his business idea – the foundation of an airline. At the same time, his ex-girlfriend refuses to accept their separation and attempts to force her way back into his life by any means possible. He in turn feels attracted to a young woman, who turns out to be the wife of one of his airline investors and who has herself had a secret lover for several years.

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

1954

Tatakai sunde higa kurete poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tatakai sunde higa kurete

1970

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido poster
NR

Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads him to a perceptive and cheerful girl named Onatsu... A road trip comedy featuring Kokichi Takada and Hibari Misora singing and dancing.

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

1954

No artwork available
NR

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Botchan

1958

Hanayome no o noroke poster
NR

A multifaced portrayal of ordinary life, revealing its hidden aspects! The second film in the "Bride Series" following "The Embraced Bride" is an Ofuna-style comedy.

Hanayome no o noroke

1958

Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku

1961