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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。

  • Matthew Chozick
    Director
  • Matt Schley
    Producer
  • Rino Higa
    Key Cast
    "Toshie"
    Lapse
  • Taro Yabe
    Key Cast
    "Boyfriend"
    The Naked Director
  • Hideo Furukawa
    Key Cast
    "Boss"
  • Takato Yonemoto
    Key Cast
    "Bad Influence"
    47 Ronin
  • Matthew Chozick
    Key Cast
    "Anh Dung"
    Prisoners of the Ghostland
  • Hiroyuki Onogawa
    Original music by
    Harmonium (Cannes Film Festival Jury Award)
  • Kôkichi Komoda
    Sound Recordist
    One Cut of the Dead (Japan Academy Award for Sound Recording)
  • Kohei Soeda
    Cinematographer
  • Kenta Kuwabara
    Cinematographer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    トシエ・ザ・ニヒリスト
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 15, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    1,800,000 JPY
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Japanese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • NY Shorts International Film Festival
    New York City
    United States
    October 18, 2021
    Best Comedy Award Winner
  • LA Shorts International Film Festival
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    July 14, 2021
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Boston Underground Film Festival
    Boston
    United States
    March 26, 2022
    New England Premiere
    Best Short Award Winner
  • New York City International Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    April 8, 2022
    Best International Short Award Winner
  • Sydney Underground Film Festival
    Sydney
    Australia
    September 9, 2021
    Australian Premiere
    Audience Choice Award Winner
  • Hong Kong International Short Film Festival
    Hong Kong
    Hong Kong
    November 21, 2021
    Hong Kong Premiere
    Most Promising Director Winner
  • Chelsea International Film Festival
    New York City
    United States
    October 14, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes
    Cannes
    France
    November 17, 2021
    Best Comedy Short Winner
  • Shenzhen International Film Festival
    Shenzhen
    China
    October 30, 2021
    Best Visual Award Winner
  • Paris Art and Movie Awards
    Paris
    France
    September 6, 2021
    French Premiere
    Nominated for Best International Short, Best Director, Best Actress / Offical Selection
  • Victoria Film Festival
    Victoria, British Columbia
    Canada
    February 8, 2022
    Canadian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Burbank International Film Festival
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    September 12, 2021
    Nominated for Best Inernational Short / Official Selection
  • Edinburgh Festival Fringe via Nightpiece Film Festival
    Edinburgh
    United Kingdom
    August 16, 2021
    Scottish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival
    Adana
    Turkey
    September 13, 2021
    Turish Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Macau International Short Film Festival
    Macau
    Macao
    December 5, 2021
    Macanese Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Matthew Chozick

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。

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