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Toshio Gotô

Editor · Born November 6, 1938 (87) · Ina, Nagano, Japan

Toshio Goto (後藤 俊夫, Gotō Toshio, born 1938 in Ina, Nagano, Japan) is a Japanese director. He worked as an assistant director of Satsuo Yamamoto from 1962 to 1978. He directed his first film in 1978. His 2009 film Beauty was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 6, 1938 (87)
From
Ina, Nagano, Japan
Works as
Editor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 11% in 30 days

What are Toshio Gotô's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
34%
Bonds
25%
Self
19%
Power
9%
Survival
6%
Society
6%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 4 · Intense 0

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
3
Tense
2
Contemplative
2
Bittersweet
1
Elegiac
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Bittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Toshio Gotô's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Toshio Gotô's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Komugironotenshi sugare oi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Book · Screenplay

  • The Day the Earth Moved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Director

  • Vietnam no dâchan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Film Director Satsuo Yamamoto (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • Aurora Borealis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Director · Writer

  • The Forest of the Little Bear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Director

  • Boku-chan no senjō (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer

  • Hometown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Producer

  • Konnichiwa Hânesu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Director

  • The Old Bear Hunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Nomugi Pass (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Assistant Director

  • Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · Producer

  • The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Assistant Director

  • The Corporation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Assistant Director

  • Solar Eclipse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Assistant Director

  • The Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Assistant Director

  • Men and War III: The Final Chapter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Assistant Director

  • Jigoku (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Editor

  • The Lady Vampire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Editor

  • Ghost in the Regiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Editor

  • Black Cat Mansion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Editor

  • Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Editor

  • Traitors of the Blue Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Editor

  • Demon King of Yoja Manor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Editor

  • The Ghost of Kasane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Editor

  • 日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Editor

  • The Ghosts of Yotsuya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Editor

  • The Tale of Jiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Editor

  • The Shiinomi School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Editor

  • Fantasy of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Editor

  • The Sacrifice of the Human Torpedoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Editor

  • Love Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Editor

  • First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Editor

  • The Battleship Yamato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Editor

  • Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Editor

  • Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Editor

  • Dimple of Tokyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Editor

  • The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Editor

  • The Life of Oharu(1952)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Riverside Fish Market Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Editor

  • Tsuki yori no haha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Editor

  • 新遊侠伝　遊侠往来 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Editor

  • 新遊侠伝 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Editor

  • Yasubei Nakayama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Editor

  • Portrait of Madame Yuki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Editor

  • The Munekata Sisters(1950)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Snow-Flake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Editor

  • Heat and Mud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Editor

  • Duel in the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Editor

  • Stray Dog(1949)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Ginza Cancan Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Editor

  • Enoken's Home Run King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Editor

  • The Beauty of the Evening Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Editor

  • University Gates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Editor

  • A Luxurious Ship for the Bridegroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Editor

  • Lord for a Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Editor

  • Life Is like a Somersault (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Editor

  • Five Tokyo Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Editor

  • This Happy Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Editor

  • The Sculpture of Master Choji (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Editor

  • Sanshiro Sugata(1943)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • 音楽大進軍 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Editor

  • Kantaro of Ina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Editor

  • Wings of Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Editor

  • Bouquet of the South Seas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Editor

  • Story of Leadership (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • Yukiko and Natsuyo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • The Poppy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • Life Begins at 61 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • Iemitsu and Hikoza (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Editor

  • Travelling Actors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • Enoken's Bow-Wow General (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • The Burning Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • Hikari to kage (Kōhen) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • Hikari to kage (Zenpen) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Editor

  • Madam with a Ribbon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Editor

  • The Day Before (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Editor

  • Shimizu Jirocho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Editor

  • Enoken's Hokaibo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Editor

  • Learn from Experience, Part Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 83 titles from 1937 to 2008.

Biggest box office

Stray Dog (1949)

$47K worldwide

Highest rated

The Life of Oharu (1952)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

Stray Dog (1949)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing9 of 83: 4 only directing, 5 with another roleWriting4 of 83: 0 only writing, 4 with another roleProducing4 of 83: 3 only producing, 1 with another roleEditing65 of 83: 65 only editing, 0 with another roleOther crew6 of 83: 6 only other crew, 0 with another role

83 titles, 5 with more than one role.

By decade

1930s5 · crew1940s28 · crew1950s31 · crew1960s1 · crew1970s7 · crew1980s5 · crew1990s5 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Toshio Gotô's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 94th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 93rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 4 titles divides audiences: 2 are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser2

Most loved · editor

The Life of Oharu (1952)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 54, detractors 27. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Toshio Gotô work with?

People who share at least 2 of Toshio Gotô's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Akira Kurosawa shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Composers

Producers