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 was still a child when he began playing professional Shogi. He began his film career as a scriptwriter for Junji SAKAMOTO. His films have regularly been screened internationally ever since he debuted in 1998 with PORNOSTAR (1998 / NC ’00). Works of his screened at Nippon Connection include BLUE SPRING (2002 / NC ’02), THE BLOOD OF REBIRTH (2009 / NC ’10), I'M FLASH (2012 / NC ’13) and THE MIRACLE OF CRYBABY SHOTTAN (2018 / NC ’19).