Genki Kawamura Movies & Biography

EXIT 8 (2026)

Starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kôchi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Hirota Ôtsuka, Tara Nakashima, Reo Soda, Mikio Ueda, Hikaru Kaihotsu and Nana Komatsu. Directed by Genki Kawamura.

A man trapped in an 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?

REVIEWS Exit 8 - The exit is simple, getting there isn't

EXIT 8 (2026)

Starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kôchi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Hirota Ôtsuka, Tara Nakashima, Reo Soda, Mikio Ueda, Hikaru Kaihotsu and Nana Komatsu. Directed by Genki Kawamura.

A man trapped in an 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?

REVIEWS Exit 8 - The exit is simple, getting there isn't

EXIT 8 (2026)

Starring Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kôchi, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Hirota Ôtsuka, Tara Nakashima, Reo Soda, Mikio Ueda, Hikaru Kaihotsu and Nana Komatsu. Directed by Genki Kawamura.

A man trapped in an 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?

REVIEWS Exit 8 - The exit is simple, getting there isn't

THE COLOURS WITHIN (2025)

Starring Sayu Suzukawa, Akari Takaishi, Taisei Kido, Yasuko, Aoi Yûki, Minako Kotobuki and Keiko Toda. Directed by Naoko Yamada.

FIREWORKS (2017)

Starring Suzu Hirose, Masaki Suda, Mamoru Miyano, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Yuki Kaji, Kana Hanazawa, Takako Matsu and Shintarou Asanuma. Directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and Nobuyuki Takeuchi.

One summer day in a seaside town, two students, Norimichi and Yusuke, meet their crush, Nazuna at the pool. The boys have a swimming race to impress Nazuna. Norimichi loses, but finds a mysterious ball in the water. Yusuke wins, and is asked by Nazuna to go watch the fireworks together. While the boys argue whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed sideways, Nazuna tells Norimichi she was going to ask out whoever won the match. However, her true aim was to run away and “elope” with the winner, to get away from her mother’s remarriage.

Nazuna, in front of Norimichi’s eyes, resists her mother’s orders. Norimichi, powerlessly watches the situation, unable to help. “If only I’d won the race…” Irritated, Norimichi throws the ball he found in the water, and then… He finds himself back in the moment of the race. With that day repeating over and over again, what answers will Nazuna and Norimuchi find? And, are fireworks round or flat when viewed sideways?