Hanging Garden (2005)
For his fourth full feature, Toyoshi Toyoda has abandoned the theme of the angry young man, examined in depth in Pornostar, Blue Spring and 9 Souls. Kuchu Teien is, on the face of it, more a drama, a character study, than a typical Toyoda genre flick. Yet within this beautifully structured and photographed film, there lies a dark soul. Ostensibly the story of a happy family, it becomes increasingly clear as the movie progresses that the Kyobashis are anything but. Despite a family agreement that they are all open with each other, the entire household knows the opposite is true.
Genre: Drama
Actor: Anne Suzuki Asami Imajuku Eita Hiromi Nagasaku Itsuji Itao Jun Kunimura Kyoko Koizumi Masahiro Hirota Ryo Katsuji Sonim
Director: Toshiaki Toyoda
Country: Japan