Keisuke Toyoshima

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Ten Nights of Dreams (2007)

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kon Ichikawa  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Shimizu  •  Yoshitaka Amano
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Umenosuke Nakamura

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Nobuhiro Yamashita  •  Miwa Nishikawa  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kon Ichikawa  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Jissoji  •  Atsushi Shimizu  •  Yoshitaka Amano
CAST:  Kyoko Koizumi  •  Suzuki Matsuo  •  Tsuyoshi Ujiki  •  Umenosuke Nakamura

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

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In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Eihi Shiina  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Yukihide Benny  •  Jiji Bû

In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshihiro Nishimura
CAST:  Eihi Shiina  •  Itsuji Itao  •  Yukihide Benny  •  Jiji Bû

Unholy Women (2006)

Unholy Women (Kowai onna), is a composite of three unrelated half-hour horror movies. A compilation of 3 separate short horror films (Rattle Rattle, Hagane, The Inheritance) written and directed by Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki, and Keisuke Toyoshima respectively. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Amemiya  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Takuji Suzuki
CAST:  Noriko Nakagoshi  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Maki Meguro  •  Kenta Suga

Unholy Women (Kowai onna), is a composite of three unrelated half-hour horror movies. A compilation of 3 separate short horror films (Rattle Rattle, Hagane, The Inheritance) written and directed by Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki, and Keisuke Toyoshima respectively. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Amemiya  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Takuji Suzuki
CAST:  Noriko Nakagoshi  •  Tasuku Emoto  •  Maki Meguro  •  Kenta Suga

Softball Boys (2010)

High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help him start a softball ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Kento Kaku  •  Haru  •  Koji Ohkura

High school student Noguchi learns that there isn't a single male softball team in the nearby area. He figures if he starts up a softball team, they are sure thing to go to the national tournament. He then persuades his friend Onitsuka to help him start a softball ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Kento Nagayama  •  Kento Kaku  •  Haru  •  Koji Ohkura

A Courtesan with Flowered Skin (2014)

Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yumi Adachi  •  Yasushi Fuchikami  •  Ena Koshino  •  Tomochika

Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny. With a strong ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yumi Adachi  •  Yasushi Fuchikami  •  Ena Koshino  •  Tomochika

Moriyamachu Driving School (2016)

Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summer vacation, Kiyotaka Sato plans to get his driver's license to impress schoolmate Matsuda (Yukino Kishii). At ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Shuhei Nomura  •  Kento Kaku  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Toshie Negishi

Kiyotaka Sato (Shuhei Nomura) is a university student. He is sociable, but he looks like he doesn't have interest in those around him. During his summer vacation, Kiyotaka Sato plans to get his driver's license to impress schoolmate Matsuda (Yukino Kishii). At ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Shuhei Nomura  •  Kento Kaku  •  Kumiko Aso  •  Toshie Negishi

Maniac Hero (2016)

Nakatsu was laid off at his company and now works part-time at a convenience store. One day, Nakatsu forms a vigilante group to protect his town with Toshida, who has a mysterious physical ability, Kanari, who is a female high school student with excellent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Masahiro Higashide  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka

Nakatsu was laid off at his company and now works part-time at a convenience store. One day, Nakatsu forms a vigilante group to protect his town with Toshida, who has a mysterious physical ability, Kanari, who is a female high school student with excellent ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Masahiro Higashide  •  Masataka Kubota  •  Nana Komatsu  •  Tsurutaro Kataoka

There Is No Lid on the Sea (2015)

Mari is exhausted by life in the city and opens up a shop selling snow cones in the small town of Nishiizu where she grew up. The simple flavors of her cold desserts soothe the emotional wounds of her customers and Mari comes to terms with herself by spending time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Orime Amagi  •  Azusa Mine

Mari is exhausted by life in the city and opens up a shop selling snow cones in the small town of Nishiizu where she grew up. The simple flavors of her cold desserts soothe the emotional wounds of her customers and Mari comes to terms with herself by spending time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yūkichi Kobayashi  •  Akiko Kikuchi  •  Orime Amagi  •  Azusa Mine

An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women (2009)

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kôji Kawano  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Renpei Tsukamoto  •  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Yûka Ohsumi
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Jiji Bû  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Izumihara

This is an omnibus of six short films by six different directors, whose lead characters are unconventional women. They are "Hijoshi," females who live true to themselves and their desires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Kôji Kawano  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Renpei Tsukamoto  •  Yoshihiro Fukagawa  •  Yûka Ohsumi
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Jiji Bû  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa  •  Yutaka Izumihara

Four Roads to Hell (2007)

Like a good ghost story? Then turn out the lights and prepare to feel a chill as Japan's masters of the macabre spin some of the creepiest spectral sagas to grace the screen. Four Roads To Hell is an anthology featuring short stories based on true accounts as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Keisuke Toyoshima

Like a good ghost story? Then turn out the lights and prepare to feel a chill as Japan's masters of the macabre spin some of the creepiest spectral sagas to grace the screen. Four Roads To Hell is an anthology featuring short stories based on true accounts as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Keisuke Toyoshima

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004)

8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Amemiya  •  Ryuta Miyake  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Hirohisa Sasaki  •  Kosuke Suzuki  •  Shunichi Hirano
CAST:  Mai Kitajima  •  Maki Horikita  •  Anna Odaka  •  Maiko Ito

8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keita Amemiya  •  Ryuta Miyake  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Hirohisa Sasaki  •  Kosuke Suzuki  •  Shunichi Hirano
CAST:  Mai Kitajima  •  Maki Horikita  •  Anna Odaka  •  Maiko Ito

Tales of Terror from Tokyo: Volume 1 (2003)

An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Ryuta Miyake  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Kei Horie  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Hirohisa Sasaki  •  Takafumi Ohta
CAST:  Rina Uchiyama  •  Satomi Ishii  •  Makoto Kamijô  •  Kaoru Mizuki

An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norio Tsuruta  •  Takashi Shimizu  •  Yudai Yamaguchi  •  Ryuta Miyake  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Kei Horie  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Hirohisa Sasaki  •  Takafumi Ohta
CAST:  Rina Uchiyama  •  Satomi Ishii  •  Makoto Kamijô  •  Kaoru Mizuki

Only 4 you (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Fujita  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Yu Katsumata  •  Madoka Kumagai
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DIRECTION:  Yôsuke Fujita  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Yu Katsumata  •  Madoka Kumagai
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Ghosts vs. Aliens (2002)

Horror, gag, entertainment by Keisuke Toyoshima of "Heller master Shimizu Takashi ×" "Kaidan New Ear Bag Nobuhiro" !! "Kaidanui watching me ..." and "My alien" are included.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Shimomura Daisuke  •  Chiona Ôkuni  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Keisuke Toyoshima

Horror, gag, entertainment by Keisuke Toyoshima of "Heller master Shimizu Takashi ×" "Kaidan New Ear Bag Nobuhiro" !! "Kaidanui watching me ..." and "My alien" are included.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Shimomura Daisuke  •  Chiona Ôkuni  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Keisuke Toyoshima

Ghosts vs. Aliens 02 (2003)

Horror, gag, and entertainment by Keisuke Toyoshima of "Heller master Shimizu Takashi ×" Kaidan New Ear Bag Nobuhiro "!" Hellstone catching out hell "and" Alien of the table "are included.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Saori  •  Takashi Yamaakaka  •  Yasuhi Nakamura

Horror, gag, and entertainment by Keisuke Toyoshima of "Heller master Shimizu Takashi ×" Kaidan New Ear Bag Nobuhiro "!" Hellstone catching out hell "and" Alien of the table "are included.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Saori  •  Takashi Yamaakaka  •  Yasuhi Nakamura

Ghosts vs. Aliens 03 (2007)

A two-part feature directed separately by Shimizu and his colleague Keisuke Toyoshima. Unrelated to each other, both have a common goal: to bring ghosts and aliens together in pure, referential and absurdistic delirium, including neo-Nazi specters, zombie yakuzas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Ayano Yamamoto  •  Ikuma Yamada

A two-part feature directed separately by Shimizu and his colleague Keisuke Toyoshima. Unrelated to each other, both have a common goal: to bring ghosts and aliens together in pure, referential and absurdistic delirium, including neo-Nazi specters, zombie yakuzas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu  •  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yûrei Yanagi  •  Takashi Yamanaka  •  Ayano Yamamoto  •  Ikuma Yamada

Mishima: The Last Debate (2020)

Restored footage of a famous debate between Yukio Mishima and students at Tokyo University in 1969, just one year before the author's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yukio Mishima  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Keiichiro Hirano  •  Tatsuro Ushida

Restored footage of a famous debate between Yukio Mishima and students at Tokyo University in 1969, just one year before the author's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Yukio Mishima  •  Masahiro Higashide  •  Keiichiro Hirano  •  Tatsuro Ushida

Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: Volume 3, Part 2 (2007)

A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Kakehi  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Wataru Furuta  •  Kenji Murakami  •  Hirono Yamada  •  Yûsuke Inoue  •  Mari Yasusato
CAST:  Mei Kurokawa  •  Ayano Yamamoto  •  Nana Eikura  •  Isao Yatsu

A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masaya Kakehi  •  Keisuke Toyoshima  •  Akio Yoshida  •  Wataru Furuta  •  Kenji Murakami  •  Hirono Yamada  •  Yûsuke Inoue  •  Mari Yasusato
CAST:  Mei Kurokawa  •  Ayano Yamamoto  •  Nana Eikura  •  Isao Yatsu

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DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Osamu Shitara  •  Nana Katase  •  Yukijiro Hotaru  •  Wataru Murakami

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Nobuhiro-san (2006)

Nobuhiro is convinced that, in order to honor his mother's death by suicide, he needs to find the reincarnation of his mother and die with her, together, under the spell of love. A young model tries to discover the truth behind one of his paintings which depicts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Rina Uchiyama  •  Mitsuru Hirata

Nobuhiro is convinced that, in order to honor his mother's death by suicide, he needs to find the reincarnation of his mother and die with her, together, under the spell of love. A young model tries to discover the truth behind one of his paintings which depicts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keisuke Toyoshima
CAST:  Rina Uchiyama  •  Mitsuru Hirata
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