The Exit 8 Film's Poster Wins Cannes' Prix Luciole
The official X/Twitter account for the live-action film of Kotake Create's infinite-loop horror game The Exit 8 (8-ban Deguchi) confirmed on Tuesday that the film's poster (seen below) won the 78th Cannes International Film Festival's Prix Luciole poster competition. This is the second Prix Luciole in the festival's history, following the inaugural competition in last year's festival.The film had its world premiere screening at Cannes during the festival on May 19. The film had an eight-minute standing ovation at its Cannes screening.The film will open in Japan on August 29.Singer and actor Kazunari Ninomiya (live-action Letters from Iwo Jima, Ōoku, Gantz, Assassination Classroom) will star in The Exit 8 film in his first collaboration with writer-director Genki Kawamura (producer on your name., Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?, Suzume).In the game, a player is trapped at a subway train station, in an underground passageway that goes in an endless loop. To escape to "Exit 8," the player must keep walking while looking carefully for any anomaly that foreshadows danger.Kotake Create, which is actually the name of a one-person indie game developer, launched the game on PC via Steam in November 2023. The game is also now available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch, and MyDearest released a virtual reality version on the Meta Quest Store in July, and then on PC via Steam in September. The game also got releases on iOS and Android on March 28. Videos for the game have garnered over 100 million views on YouTube. Source: The Exit 8 film's X/Twitter account via Hachima Kikō
