Toshiaki TOYODA 豊田利晃
Hanging Garden
Nippon Cinema ª
This family lives in an old-fashioned high-rise apartment and housewife Eriko keeps a small garden on their balcony. They are supposed to have no secrets among each other, and Eriko is obsessed to keep that rule. But one day, secrets start revealing themselves.
Guests:
Toshiaki TOYODA
Sun., April 23, 2006, 14:30
Studierendenhaus
European premiere in the presence of Toshiaki TOYODA
35mm, Original with English subtitles
Japan 2005
113 minutes
Director
Toshiaki TOYODA
Script
Toshiaki TOYODA based on a novel by Mitsuyo KAKUTA
Cinematography
Junichi FUJISAWA
Music
Kazuhide YAMAJI
Production
Eisei Gekijo, Film Makers, Asahi National Broadcast Company, Asmik Ace, Little More
World sales
Pony Canyon
Cast
Kyoko KOIZUMI, Itsuji ITAO, Masahiro HIROTA, Mana KYOBASHI, Michiyo OKUSU
About Toshiaki TOYODA
豊田利晃
Toshiaki TOYODA was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1969 and began his film career as a screenwriter for Junji SAKAMOTO. His directorial debut PORNOSTAR (1998 / NC ‘00) won him the Directors Guild of Japan New Directors Award. He won the NIPPON CONNECTION NEWCOMER AWARD with BLUE SPRING (2002 / NC ‘02). Nippon Connection has shown many other of his works, including THE BLOOD OF REBIRTH (2009 / NC ‘10), I’M FLASH (2012 / NC ‘13), THE MIRACLE OF CRYBABY SHOTTAN (2018 / NC ‘19), and THE DAY OF DESTRUCTION (2020 / NC ‘21).