Toshiaki TOYODA 豊田利晃
Wolf’s Calling
狼煙が呼ぶ
Nippon Cinema ª
In 2019, Toshiaki TOYODA was arrested for the alleged unlawful possession of a handgun – that was in fact simply an old, non-functioning familial heirloom. He reacted to this incident by making this short period piece in which a mystic gathering of warriors takes place, scored by “Edo-punk” band Seppuku Pistols.
狼煙が呼ぶ
Noroshi ga yobu
Japan 2019
16 minutes
Director
Toshiaki TOYODA
Script
Toshiaki TOYODA
Cinematography
Norimichi KASAMATSU
Music
Seppuku Pistols
Production
Imagination
World sales
Third Window Films
Cast
Kiyohiko SHIBUKAWA, Tadanobu ASANO, Ryuhei MATSUDA, Kengo KORA, Tatsuya NAKAMURA
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).