Shirō Toyoda(1906-1977)
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
After bypassing university studies to join Shochiku in 1924, Shiro
Toyoda began directing at a relatively young age, starting out with
silent films in his native Kyoto in 1929. In 1937, Toyoda moved to
Tokyo, where he scored his first major success with Wakai hito (Young
Person). After joining Toho, he accepted a number of different kinds of
assignments, but remained best known for stately literary adaptations
such as Yukiguni (1957). Like many Toho directors, he also turned his
hand to special effects extravaganza (Byaku fugin no yoren, 1956) and
the occasional ghost story (Yotsuya Kaidan, 1968).
