Takumi Kitamura Leads The Seven’s First Feature Film ‘Baka’s Identity’
Japanese production company The Seven is making its theatrical debut with crime thriller “Baka’s Identity” (A Fool’s Identity), set to release in Japan on Oct. 24. The film reunites “Yu Yu Hakusho” producer Akira Morii with actors Takumi Kitamura and Go Ayano, joined by rising star Yuta Hayashi.
Directed by Koto Nagata, a protégée of acclaimed filmmaker Shunji Iwai, the chase thriller explores Japan’s criminal underworld through the perspectives of three young men over three intense days. Based on Jun Nishio’s prize-winning 2019 novel, the screenplay adaptation comes from Japan Academy Award-winner Kosuke Mukai.
The story follows Takuya and Mamoru (Hayashi), two disadvantaged young men working in identity theft schemes who seek help from Kajitani (Ayano), their underworld mentor, when they try to escape their criminal lives.
“This is a film about men who have lost everything and who still choose to live,” said Kitamura, who stars as Takuya,...
Directed by Koto Nagata, a protégée of acclaimed filmmaker Shunji Iwai, the chase thriller explores Japan’s criminal underworld through the perspectives of three young men over three intense days. Based on Jun Nishio’s prize-winning 2019 novel, the screenplay adaptation comes from Japan Academy Award-winner Kosuke Mukai.
The story follows Takuya and Mamoru (Hayashi), two disadvantaged young men working in identity theft schemes who seek help from Kajitani (Ayano), their underworld mentor, when they try to escape their criminal lives.
“This is a film about men who have lost everything and who still choose to live,” said Kitamura, who stars as Takuya,...
- 4/17/2025
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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