Overview

• The Japanese release opened on August 29 with what Collider reports as the country’s highest three-day start, topping roughly $6–7 million in its first days.
• TIFF reviews highlight immersive, observation-driven suspense and precise camerawork that faithfully echo Kotake Create’s 2023 puzzle game.
• Several critics caution the loop-based, repetitive structure may test newcomers, with some reports of theater walkouts.
• Director Genki Kawamura adapts the game’s spot-the-anomaly rules using POV filmmaking, long takes, and perspective shifts to build a character-focused psychological thriller.
• NEON acquired North American rights after festival buzz and is targeting an early-2026 U.S. theatrical release, with a specific date still to come.