May 17, 2005

Official website for Toshiaki Toyoda's HANGING GARDEN (KÛCHÛ TEIEN)

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hanging_garden.jpgThe official website for Toshiaki Toyoda's Hanging Garden (Kûchû teien) is online. There's a trailer for the movie here, and an English-language synopsis for it there on the website of Pony Canyon K.K. (K.K. Ponî Kyanion). The movie is based on the eponymous novel by Mitsuyo Kakuta. Its principal cast apparently is as follows: Kyôko Koizumi, Itsuji Itao (he plays Masked Takenouchi in Yûdai Yamaguchi's Sakigake!! Cromartie High School - The Movie (Sakigake!! Kuromati Kôkô - The Movie)), Anne Suzuki (Suzuki An), Masahiro Hirota, Sonim (Sonin), Michiyo Ôkusu, Asami Imajuku, Ryô Katsuji (Katsudi Ryô), Yoshitaka Yamamoto, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Seiroku Nakazawa, Seiji Chihara, Shinsuke Suzuki, Jun Kunimura, Eita (a.k.a. Eita Nagayama), and Hiromi Nagasaku.

» Posted by The Gomorrahizer at May 17, 2005 08:55 PM
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Heck yes! I've been waiting for a new movie from Toyoda forever. In fact, yesterday I watched all of his films straight through. Anne Suzuki? WOOO!! But where's Ryuhei Matsuda??

» Posted by Jake Brahm at May 17, 2005 10:16 PM

Looks pretty good. Itao also played the ex-porn star convict in Toyoda's 9 SOULS. Great to see him continue to grow as a dramatic actor. I've been a fan of his since his early days as a troupe member for the Japanese comedy duo DOWNTOWN.

» Posted by Isao K at May 17, 2005 10:35 PM

This just made my night ... I've been hitting Toyoda's site periodically hoping for some news on this but he's taken the whole site down for maintenance.

He does love that moving camera, doesn't he?

Anybody know anything about the other one he's supposed to have out this year? I don't think I've even seen a title on it, but I think I heard it was going to be a biker film ...

» Posted by Todd at May 17, 2005 10:51 PM

theres a 100k trailer on the front of the website, incase you cant 500k this one...

» Posted by logboy at May 18, 2005 01:18 PM

Nice work, Gom. You're right, Todd, the camerawork was almost hypnotizing (love that opening pullback shot).

» Posted by opus at May 18, 2005 03:30 PM

Yeah finally a new toyoda movie! i saw his 3 previous movies, porno star is very impressing for a first movie. anyway since i dont speak japanese i can only judge the photography and the camera of the trailer, wich is really good.

» Posted by kitano at July 1, 2005 01:08 PM

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