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Shirō Toyoda

Japanese film director (1906–1977)

4.15body-of-work score · ranked #266 of 2631 directors · 9 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
January 3, 1906 · Kyoto
Died
November 13, 1977 · Tokyo
Nationality
Japan, Empire of Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter, director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Shirō Toyoda
キネマ旬報 · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Spring on Leper's Island小島の春

    1940 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1940 #1

    1.001 citation
  2. 2
    Meoto zenzai夫婦善哉

    1955 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1955 #2

    0.631 citation
  3. 3
    Shozo, a Cat and Two Women猫と庄造と二人のをんな

    1956 · Japan · comedy, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1956 #4

    0.431 citation
  4. 4
    The Twilight Years恍惚の人

    1973 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1973 #5

    0.391 citation
  5. 5
    Young People (1937 Japanese film)若い人

    1937 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1937 #6

    0.361 citation
  6. 6
    Nightingale鶯

    1938 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1938 #6

    0.361 citation
  7. 7
    Okumura Ioko奥村五百子

    1940 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1940 #6

    0.361 citation
  8. 8
    The Wild Geese雁

    1953 · Japan · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1953 #8

    0.321 citation
  9. 9
    Sweet Sweat甘い汗

    1964 · Japan

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1964 #8

    0.321 citation

Complete filmography

All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.