A psychological thriller about a series of murders committed using scissors Read More »
Tag Archives: Etsushi Toyokawa
Hula Girls / Hura gâru (2006) Sang-il Lee, Yasuko Matsuyuki
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home’s declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction. Read More »
Millenium Traveller / Sennen tabito (1999) Jinsei Tsuji
Knowing that he has only a month to live, a pianist goes back to his beloved ocean. Read More »
Face / Kao (2000) Junji Sakamoto, Naomi Fujiyama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michiyo Ohkusu
The story of a socially awkward seamstress and her unexpected, darkly humorous journey Read More »
Twinkle / Kira kira hikaru (1992) Joji Matsuoka, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Etsushi Toyokawa, Michitaka Tsutsui
Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past Read More »
Teacher and Three Children / Ishiuchi jinjô kôtô shôgakkô: Hana wa chiredomo (2008) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Naomasa Musaka
The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. Read More »
Sword of Desperation / Hisshiken torisashi (2010) Hideyuki Hirayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Read More »
Loft AKA Rofuto (2005) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Miki Nakatani, Etsushi Toyokawa, Hidetoshi Nishijima
Reiko, a prize-winning writer, moves to a quiet isolated house to finish up her new novel. Read More »
Yawarakai seikatsu / It’s Only Talk (2005) Ryuichi Hiroki, Shinobu Terajima, Etsushi Toyokawa, Akira Emoto
Yuko is 35 years old, single, out of work, and on medication from her psychiatrist to combat her manic depression. Read More »
Angel Dust (1994) Gakuryû Ishii, Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa
Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. Read More »