Toilet (2010 Film)
Toilet (Japanese: トイレット, Romaji: Toiretto) is a 2010 comedy-drama film written and directed by Naoko Ogigami. The movie features a multilingual cast and was produced collaboratively across Japanese and Canadian production entities, including Showgate, Suurkiitos, and Pony Canyon.
Production and Release
Principal photography for the film took place in Toronto, Canada, during September and October 2009. The movie premiered theatrically in Japan on August 28, 2010. It was distributed by Showgate and Suurkiitos. The film has a runtime of 109 minutes and features dialogue in both English and Japanese.
Following its release, Toilet was screened at several international film festivals. It held its international premiere at the 15th Pusan International Film Festival in October 2010 under the A Window on Asian Cinema section. Later that year, it appeared at the 5th International Rome Film Festival and the 14th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. In July 2011, it received its U.S. premiere at the 5th JAPAN CUTS festival.
Plot Synopsis
Ray is a man in his thirties who works as an engineer and harbors an obsession with Gundam toys. He maintains a personal rule to avoid emotional closeness with others and displays a lack of outward emotion during his mother's funeral. Ray's routine is disrupted when he is joined in his home by his older brother Maury, a reclusive former pianist, and his younger sister Lisa, a college student prone to looking down on others. Their household also includes their elderly Japanese grandmother, who does not speak English.
Although initial tensions disrupt their daily lives, the siblings and their grandmother gradually develop a shared bond and mutual compassion.
Cast
The film features the following primary cast members:
- Masako Motai as the Grandmother
- Alex House as Ray
- Tatiana Maslany as Lisa
- David Rendall as Maury
- Sachi Parker
