Sushi Typhoon is a Japanese

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production company founded in 2010 and currently owned by

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, Japan's oldest existing film studio.

History

Sushi Typhoon was founded in 2010 as a subsidiary of Nikkatsu, with the intent to create low-budget horror, science fiction, and fantasy films aimed at an international audience. ''

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'' producer Yoshinori Chiba is credited as Sushi Typhoon's creator and oversees the company's full production schedule. Since its inception, the company has produced seven feature films. The label was put on indefinite hiatus in early 2012, and has produced no new films since.

Staff

The core Sushi Typhoon staff consists of producer Chiba; directors

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(noted in the company's production trailer as its "head chef"),

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, and

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; action director

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; visual effects supervisor Tsuyoshi Kazuno; and art director Yoshiki Takahashi. Former

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co-director

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headed Sushi Typhoon's American division and international festival bookings.

Films

As of 2011, Sushi Typhoon has produced the following feature films: * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

Helldriver is a 2010 Japanese splatter film directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura. It stars Yumiko Hara and Eihi Shiina, and was written by Nishimura and Daichi Nagisa. Synopsis A girl named Kika and her father hide from her mother, Rikka, who has gone insane an ...

'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2011) * ''

Yakuza Weapon is a 2011 Japanese film directed and written by Tak Sakaguchi and Yūdai Yamaguchi. Based on the manga by Ken Ishikawa, the film is about Shozo Iwaki (Tak Sakaguchi) who works as a mercenary in South America. Iwaki is informed of the death of his ...

'' (2011)

References

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