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Release Year2025
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LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
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DirectorShogo Miyaki
WritersShogo Miyaki
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast8 credited
Also Known AsHitojichi wa kyakuhonka
About Hitojichi wa kyakuhonka
Disgraced screenwriter Takuya Koizumi vanished after his TV drama “Loser” was cut at episode 7 and mocked online. Now he works at a convenience store, close to giving up. Returning home, he’s suddenly taken hostage in a local post office by Makoto Saegusa, a ruined middle-aged man who only wants to see his estranged daughter. During the standoff Saegusa realizes Takuya wrote the drama that once gave him courage and demands, at gunpoint, that Takuya “write the continuation of this incident.” As Takuya scripts events in real time, fiction and reality collide, and both men confront the past they want to redo, changing their lives.
Directed by Shogo Miyaki, Hitojichi wa kyakuhonka leans on a strong ensemble — Katsumi Takahashi, Akiyoshi Nakao, Rio Uchida — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2025.
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