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Toshiaki Toyoda

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Born: March 10, 1969
From: Higashiōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Biography

Japanese director and screenwriter. He is known for his films featuring young outcasts who struggle to fit in with mainstream society. Toyoda himself was arrested multiple times for drug possession, influencing some of his more recent works.

Known for

Blue Spring

Crows Explode

Hanging Garden

Monsters Club

The Day of Destruction

Filmography

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2025

Sou iu mono ni, watashi wa naritai

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Transcending Dimensions

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

Go Seppuku Yourselves

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2020

The Day of Destruction

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2019

Wolf's Calling

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2018

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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

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2017

Writing (Screenplay)

2014

Crows Explode

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2012

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2011

Monsters Club

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2009

The Blood of Rebirth

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2005

Hanging Garden

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Making of 9 Souls

Acting (Self)

2003

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2001

Blue Spring

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1998

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1996

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1991

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