TOSHIAKI TOYODA BUSTED

One of Japan's most promising young directors, Toshiaki Toyoda, was arrested yesterday after cops raided his house and found "five packets of stimulants". I'm not sure what those are. Coke? Speed? Nutrasweet? Anyways, Director Toyoda has been held in custody and his newest film, HANGING GARDEN, which was supposed to be released in October has had its release date moved to some unspecified future date. Toyoda says the drugs were for personal use only but it doesn't matter, he's facing jail time.

Toshiaki Toyoda directed the brilliant 9 SOULS and HANGING GARDEN has an official site here and English language info here.