You, Like a Star
7.4
“A painful love.”
Kai Aono is a high school student. He transfers to a scenic island in the Seto Inland Sea from Kyoto. There, he meets high school student Akimi Inoue, who was born on the island and lives with her mother. They fall in love with each other, but they are forced to make a choice due to their own fates.
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Cast
9 people
Ryusei Yokohama
Kai Aono
Known for
Your Eyes Tell
Kokuho
Suzu Hirose
Akimi Inoue
Known for
The Boy and the Beast
Fireworks
Hokuto Matsumura
Naoto Kuzumi
Known for
Suzume
Anne Nakamura
Eri Nikaidō
Also in
La Grande Maison Tokyo
What Comes After Love
Gaku Hamada
Jūshi Ueki
Known for
Last Samurai Standing
First Love
Machiko Ono
Honoka Aono
Known for
Like Father, Like Son
Museum
Yoshino Kimura
Shiho Inoue
Known for
The Boy and the Heron
Confessions
Yuriko Ishida
Tōko Hayashi
Known for
Princess Mononoke
From Up on Poppy Hill
Hiroki Hasegawa
Sōsuke Kitahara
Known for
Shin Godzilla
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Michihito Fujii Director · Naoko Adachi Screenplay Yuu Nagira Author
Worldwide gross $8.8M · First release October 7, 2026 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$8,776,000
Production
TOHO Studios
Production
Dragonfly Entertainment
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
汝、星のごとく
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
South Korea · October 7, 2026
Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Japan · October 9, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Hong Kong SAR China
October 29, 2026 · Theatrical
Indonesia
November 27, 2026 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 28, 2026 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 16, 2026 · Theatrical
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