Toshiaki Toyoda Gets Back To The Angst In I'M FLASH Trailer

[Updated with trailer embed]

Japanese director Toshiaki Toyoda carved out a very distinct niche for himself with his first trio of narrative features. Pornostar, Blue Spring and Nine Souls planted the director quite firmly as his nation's pre-eminent auteur of teen angst, his films a stylish portrayal of youth coping with crisis through violence. Toyoda has had some crisis of his own since then, legal issues pushing the director into a sort of self imposed exile.

Since his return to the big screen Toyoda's work has been decidedly more introspective, even melancholic when compared to his early pieces but it looks like he's getting back to his early form with the Tatsuya Fujiwara and Ryuhei Matsuda starring I'm Flash.

Written and Directed by a visionary filmmaker Toshiaki Toyoda (9 Souls), starring Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note) and Ryuhei Matsuda (Taboo); The story about Rui(Tatsuya Fujiwara), charismatic young master of a religious cult group, whose fate changes astonishingly when he makes crucial decision.

The first trailer for the film has just arrived on Yahoo Japan and is very well worth a look. Check it out here.