Following the successful film “Wolf’s Calling” and “The Day of Destruction”, dir. Toshiaki Toyoda will produce another film called “Seppuku Everybody”. The film will be produced as part of the “Okami Yomigaeri Yama” trilogy project and this will be the last instalment of the series. “Okami Yomigaeri Yama” is the imaginary shrine and it was used as the film location for “Wolf’s Calling” and “The Day of Destruction”.
In addition, Toyoda Films will launch a crowdfunding campaign for the new film project. The original storyline and characters are still veiled in secrecy, but the protagonists will be Yosuke Kubozuka (“Ping Pong, Silence”, “Giri/Haji”) and Kiyohiko Shibukawa (“Wolf’s Calling”, “The day of Destruction”). Also the 20-person Edo punk band Seppuku Pistols, Kenta Nakagomie and Yuta Sumiyoshi from the Sado Island-based Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble “Kodo” and the DJ/Composer Mars89 will provide the soundtrack for the new film. The Campaign will last approximately five weeks, until 30th April at Toyoda Films Shop link the below. Please visit the campaign today.
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Comments from Toshiaki Toyoda:
“When I look at the world today, I often think, “If any of them lived in a different time, they should commit seppuku.” I yearn for the way of the samurai that existed hundred years ago, when you took your own life to bear responsibility; when the tradition of honoring your words was considered a virtue. As we live in a time where foresight is difficult to gain, I wanted to explore the tradition of seppuku as a way for an individual to live an authentic life. What is the respectable way to live in a time of turmoil? I want to make a film about the virtue of leading a life with integrity. Cinema is a virtual image formed by light projected on a wall. And, there are things that can be only expressed through that virtual image. I am ready to say the following in the film, “All of them should commit seppuku.” Filmmaking always tests my determination”.
