Toshie the Nihilist
Cryptocurrency exchange secretary Toshie (Rino Higa) ought to be celebrating the release of her boyfriend (Taro Yabe) from jail. Instead, a freak accident compels her to swim from Japan to Hawaii with the child of an American-Vietcong war hero.
あらすじ
仮想通貨のオフィスで働く主人公トシエ(比嘉梨乃)の彼氏(矢部太郎)は、刑務所から出たばかり。釈放を祝うはずのトシエだったが、不慮の事故でベトナム戦争の英雄の息子に救われ、日本からハワイまで泳ぐことになる。
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Matthew ChozickDirector
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Matt SchleyProducer
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Rino HigaKey Cast"Toshie"Lapse
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Taro YabeKey Cast"Boyfriend"The Naked Director
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Hideo FurukawaKey Cast"Boss"
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Takato YonemotoKey Cast"Bad Influence"47 Ronin
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Matthew ChozickKey Cast"Anh Dung"Prisoners of the Ghostland
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Hiroyuki OnogawaOriginal music byHarmonium (Cannes Film Festival Jury Award)
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Kôkichi KomodaSound RecordistOne Cut of the Dead (Japan Academy Award for Sound Recording)
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Kohei SoedaCinematographer
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Kenta KuwabaraCinematographer
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Project Title (Original Language):トシエ・ザ・ニヒリスト
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:14 minutes 56 seconds
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Completion Date:June 15, 2021
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Production Budget:1,800,000 JPY
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Country of Origin:Japan
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Country of Filming:Japan
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Language:Japanese
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:2.35
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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NY Shorts International Film FestivalNew York City
United States
October 18, 2021
Best Comedy Award Winner -
LA Shorts International Film FestivalLos Angeles, California
United States
July 14, 2021
North American Premiere
Official Selection -
Boston Underground Film FestivalBoston
United States
March 26, 2022
New England Premiere
Best Short Award Winner -
New York City International Film FestivalNew York
United States
April 8, 2022
Best International Short Award Winner -
Sydney Underground Film FestivalSydney
Australia
September 9, 2021
Australian Premiere
Audience Choice Award Winner -
Hong Kong International Short Film FestivalHong Kong
Hong Kong
November 21, 2021
Hong Kong Premiere
Most Promising Director Winner -
Chelsea International Film FestivalNew York City
United States
October 14, 2021
Official Selection -
Mediterranean Film Festival CannesCannes
France
November 17, 2021
Best Comedy Short Winner -
Shenzhen International Film FestivalShenzhen
China
October 30, 2021
Best Visual Award Winner -
Paris Art and Movie AwardsParis
France
September 6, 2021
French Premiere
Nominated for Best International Short, Best Director, Best Actress / Offical Selection -
Victoria Film FestivalVictoria, British Columbia
Canada
February 8, 2022
Canadian Premiere
Official Selection -
Burbank International Film FestivalLos Angeles, California
United States
September 12, 2021
Nominated for Best Inernational Short / Official Selection -
Edinburgh Festival Fringe via Nightpiece Film FestivalEdinburgh
United Kingdom
August 16, 2021
Scottish Premiere
Official Selection -
International Adana Golden Boll Film FestivalAdana
Turkey
September 13, 2021
Turish Premiere
Official Selection -
Macau International Short Film FestivalMacau
Macao
December 5, 2021
Macanese Premiere
Official Selection
Matthew Chozick is a Tokyo-based American actor, writer, and filmmaker. He most recently appeared in Sion Sono's Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021), which premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
He also recently wrote and directed Toshie the Nihilist (2021), which debuted at LA Shorts International Film Festival.
Chozick is known for appearing weekly, since 2012, with director Takeshi Kitano on the long-running Japanese comedy-variety show Sekai marumie! Terebi tokusôbu (1990). He has notably also acted in Love and Other Cults (2017), Perfect I Nogizaka Cinemas Story of 46 (2020), Midnight Swan (2020), and Jebiotto vs. Mechajebiotto (2019) among other projects.
Chozick studied acting in New York at the Barrow Group and in Los Angeles at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. He also holds a PhD in literature and teaches at Temple University's Tokyo campus.
He is represented in Japan by Sky Corporation.
マシュー・チョジック監督プロフィール
アメリカ・コネチカット州出身。2008年より東京を拠点にライター、大学講師、出版社経営、役者、日本文化研究者、タレントとして『世界まる見え!テレビ特捜部』(日テレ)で長年「北野武」と共演するなどマルチに活動している。
役者としては、園子温監督のハリウッドデビュー作品『Prisoners of the Ghostland』などに出演。
『トシエ・ザ・ニヒリスト』は自身の初脚本・監督作品である。2021年7月、米英アカデミー賞認定のLA Shorts国際映画祭でプレミア上映された。
現在、長編映画の脚本を鋭意、執筆中。