Toyoda Toshiaki
Toshiaki TOYODA (1969, Japan) made his debut as a screenwriter for Junji Sakamoto’s 1991 film Ôte and also wrote the screenplay for Sakamoto’s follow-up Biriken (2008). He debuted as a director with the 1998 film Pornostar, which screened at several major international film festivals and was awarded the New Directors Award from the Directors Guild of Japan. His follow-up feature, Blue Spring (2001), was an adaptation of a Taiyô Matsumoto manga and a huge success both in Japan and worldwide.
Filmography
Pornostar (1998), Unchain (2000, doc), Aoi haru/Blue Spring (2001), 9 Souls (2003), Hanging Garden (2005), The Blood of Rebirth (2009), Monsters Club (2011), I’m Flash (2012), Crows Explode (2014), The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018), Planetist (2018), 次元を超える/Transcending Dimensions (2025)
More info: Wikipedia, Toshiaki Toyoda
Toyoda Toshiaki at IFFR
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Transcending Dimensions
Japanese asceticism meets sci-fi in this spacetime-bending work of monks, mystery and an assassin.
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Blue Spring
At a rough boys’ school in a Japanese suburb, boys play dangerous games. Beautiful photography, lovely hairstyles and a rock soundtrack that