Toilet (film)

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Toilet
Directed by Naoko Ogigami
Written byNaoko Ogigami
Produced bySean Buckley
Kumi Kobata
Shûichi Komuro
Starring
CinematographyMichael LeBlanc
Edited byJames Blokland
Music byJames Chapple
Graeme Cornies
Dave Kelly
Brian L. Pickett
Voodoo Highway
Distributed by Showgate
Release date
  • August 28, 2010 (2010-08-28)
Running time
109 minutes
CountriesJapan
Canada [1]
LanguageEnglish

Toilet is a 2010 English-language Japanese-Canadian drama film written and directed by Naoko Ogigami and starring Alex House and Tatiana Maslany. [2] [1]

Contents

Plot

Ray’s mom dies and he moves back in with his siblings and his Japanese grandmother..

Cast

Production

Although the story is set in the United States, the film was shot in Toronto. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lee, Maggie (14 October 2010). "Toilet -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 Punter, Jennie (9 November 2010). "Toilet: A Japanese film set in the U.S., by way of Toronto". The Globe and Mail . Retrieved 5 March 2018.