Story

A man (Kazunari Ninomiya) trapped in a endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8.

But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

CAST
Lost Man: Kazunari Ninomiya
Walking Man: Yamato Kochi
Boy: Naru Asanuma
Kotone Hanase
Nana Komatsu
 

STAFF
Original Work:  EXIT 8 by KOTAKE CREATE
Director: Genki Kawamura
Screenplay: Kentaro Hirase, Genki Kawamura
Screenplay Collaboration: Kazunari Ninomiya
Producers: Minami Ichikawa, Taichi Ito, Yoshihiro Furusawa
Co-Producers: Yuki Abe, Yusaku Tanaka, Akihito Watanabe, Ichiro Shinohara, Takashi Saito
Executive Producers: Hisashi Usui, Kana Okamura
Planning: Yuto Sakata
Cinematographer: Keisuke Imamura
Production Design: Ryo Sugimoto
Costume Design: Daisuke Iga
Sound Recording: Masato Yano
Production Design: Ryo Sugimoto
VFX: Sei Masamoto
Editor: Sakura Seya
Sound Effects: Masaya Kitada
Music: Yasutaka Nakata (CAPSULE), Shohei Amori


Production Companies: STORY inc., AOI Pro.
Production: EXIT 8 Film Partners (Toho, STORY inc., Office Nino, Metro Ad Agency, AOI Pro., Lawson, Suirinsha, Tohan)
Distributor (Japan): Toho

©2025 EXIT 8 Film Partners

About Toho

Toho Company, Limited, is a Japanese entertainment studio focused on the development, production, exhibition, and distribution of powerful content for motion pictures, television and theater. Founded in 1932, it remains a prominent force in bringing brands and original storytelling with versatile talents to audiences worldwide. Its subsidiaries include Toho Cinemas, the highest grossing exhibition company in Japan. To learn more, visit toho.co.jp/en.

About NEON

In only eight years, NEON has garnered 39 Academy Award® nominations (7 this year), 11 total wins (5 this year), including two Best Picture wins, and has grossed over $400M at the box office. The company continues to push boundaries and take creative risks on bold cinema such as Sean Baker’s ANORA, which recently took home five Academy Awards including Best Picture, and was released in theaters to the highest per-screen average of 2024; as well as Bong Joon Ho’s PARASITE, which made history winning four Academy Awards,, becoming the first non-English-language film to claim Best Picture, and grossed over $54M at the domestic box office.

NEON has built an impressive streak winning the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, with six consecutive wins, including ANORA and PARASITE, as well as ANATOMY OF A FALL, TITANE, and TRIANGLE OF SADNESS. In 2024, NEON was named The Hollywood Reporter’s Independent Studio of the Year and received the Clio Award for Studio of the Year.

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As a burgeoning leader in the production space, NEON’s recent and upcoming in-house productions include: David Robert Mitchell’s THEY FOLLOW starring Maika Monroe; Michael Covino’s SPLITSVILLE starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona; the highly anticipated Boots Riley feature I LOVE BOOSTERS starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, LaKeith Stanfield, Demi Moore, and Eiza González; THE WRONG GIRLS starring Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat; Tilman Singer’s CUCKOO starring Hunter Schafer; and Brandon Cronenberg’s INFINITY POOL. NEON’s international sales outfit handles the company’s in-house titles as well as third party projects.