Why Wait, Just Die (2026)
A woman named Asami Kashima is found strangled. A woman named Eiko Watarai starts confronting various people who knew her – her boss, her neighbor, her boyfriend, her mother – riling them up into revealing their feelings about Asami, and saying she wants to know more about her.
Director:
Junichi Kanai
Writer:
Kohei Kiyasu
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Nao as |
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Aoi Ito as |
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Kou Maehara as |
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Hikaru Takahashi as |
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Takuya Kusakawa as |
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Tomoko Tabata as |
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Tetsu Hirahara as |
| Directing | Junichi Kanai | Director |
| Sound | D flat | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Junichi Kanai | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Natsuhiko Kyogoku | Novel |
| Editing | Junichi Kanai | Editor |
| Writing | Kohei Kiyasu | Screenplay |
| Production | Tatsuya Iwakura | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yuhiro Matsuoka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Masaya Miyashita | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nobutaka Katō | Producer |
| Production | Yasuhiko Hattori | Producer |
| Production | Yuichi Shibahara | Producer |
| Production | Shingo Ishikawa | Associate Producer |
| Lighting | Masato Tsuchiyama | Gaffer |
| Sound | Ryôta Takashima | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hiroyuki Saijô | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Keisuke Tsuru | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sayako Matsumoto | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chieko Naijô | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Misaki Urakawa | Sound Effects |
| Production | Hiroyuki Saeki | Production Manager |