is a Japanese

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and

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Career

Born in

Osaka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture ...

, Toyoda was first a prodigy in the game of

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or Japanese chess. He attended the

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(Shōreikai) from age 9 with the aim of becoming a professional player. But his interest turned to film and he quit when he was 17. Moving to Tokyo at age 21, he began working with producer Genjirō Arato and director

Junji Sakamoto is a Japanese film director. Career After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with '' Dotsuitarunen'' (earning the Directors Guild of Ja ...

, assisting the latter on the shogi-related film ''

Ōte is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. Cast * Hidekazu Akai * Masaya Kato * Reona Hirota * Yūko Nitō * Nobuo Kaneko * Tomisaburo Wakayama Reception ''Ōte'' was chosen as the 3rd Best Film at the 13th Yokohama Film Festival. Reo ...

'', for which he helped pen the script. He debuted as a director with the film '' Pornostar'' in 1999, a film that earned him the

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. His career continued to rise through films like '' Blue Spring'' and ''

9 Souls is a 2003 Japanese crime film, crime drama film directed by Toshiaki Toyoda. It was released on July 19, 2003. Cast *Yoshio Harada as Torakichi *Ryuhei Matsuda as Michiru *Genta Dairaku as Ushiyama *Itsuji Itao as Fujio *Kazuki Kitamura *Kiyohik ...

'', but he suffered a setback when he was arrested on drug charges just before ''

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'' was released in 2005. He resumed directing with the 2009 film ''The Blood of Rebirth''.

Selected filmography

*'' Oute'' (王手, Oute) (1991) Screenplay *'' Biliken'' (ビリケン, Biriken) (1996) Screenplay *'' Pornostar'' (ポルノスター, Porunosutā) (1999) *'' Blue Spring'' (青い春, Aoi haru) (2001) *''

'' (ナイン・ソウルズ, Nainu sōruzu) (2003) *''

'' (空中庭園, Kūchū teien) (2005) *'' The Blood of Rebirth'' (蘇りの血, Yomigaeri no chi 2009) *'' Monsters Club'' (モンスターズクラブ, Monsutāzu kurabu) (2012) *'' I'm Flash!'' (アイム・フラッシュ！, Aimu Furasshu) (2012) *''

Crows Explode is a 2014 Japanese action film directed by Toshiaki Toyoda. It is the third film based on the manga ''Crows'' by Hiroshi Takahashi. It is the sequel to 2009's ''Crows Zero 2''. It features new characters and an almost entirely new cast, includin ...

'' (2014) *''The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan'' (2018) *''Noroshi ga Yobu'' (2019) *''Hakai no Hi'' (2020) *''Go Seppuku Yourselves'' (2021) *''Transcending Dimensions'' (2024)

Music videos

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" (

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) *"

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" (Asian Kung-Fu Generation) *"Ato 10 Byō de"(Art-School) *"Lost in the Air" (Art-School) *"Hakkō" (

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) *"Sangatsu" ( Does)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Toyoda, Toshiaki Japanese film directors 1969 births Living people Japanese screenwriters People from Osaka Japanese shogi players