New Group
Ai is a high school girl who feels suffocated by social pressure, but finds it hard to fight going with the flow. One day, the people in her school inexplicably start to form a human pyramid. The principal and other teachers start to act weird and encourage taking part in it, and the various gymnastic formations start to spread and take over the whole town. Eventually only Ai and Yuu, a transfer student who finds it hard to fit in, are left to rebel against the conformity madness.
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Cast
15 people
Anna Yamada
Ai
Known for
Suicide Forest Village
Liverleaf
Yuzu Aoki
Yuu
Known for
Minamata
Pierre Taki
Principal
Known for
The Naked Director
House of Ninjas
Ren Komai
Known for
On-Gaku: Our Sound
True Mothers
Danhi Kinoshita
Also in
Blazing Fists
Tokyo Burst: Crime City
Arisa Sasaki
Also in
About You I Don't Know
Hell Dogs
Kano Rogers
Jun Hosoi
Also in
My Broken Mariko
Desert of Namibia
Ryo Matsumoto
Known for
The Japon
Tomomitsu Adachi
Ai's Father
Known for
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Cloud
坂倉なつこ
Takashi Shimizu
Known for
Tokyo Gore Police
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
Yûta Shimotsu Director · Momoko Sahara Screenplay Rakuko Kobayashi Production designer
United States release November 6, 2026 · Produced in Japan · Production KADOKAWA, Movie Walker
Production
Gemini Films
Production
KADOKAWA
Production
Movie Walker
Production
Sasaki kogyo
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
South Korea · July 4, 2025
Premiere · Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Japan · June 12, 2026
Theatrical
United States · November 6, 2026
Digital · Shudder
United States
October 1, 2025 · Premiere · Beyond Fest
Australia
April 25, 2026 · Premiere · Fantastic Film Festival Australia
Belgium
March 22, 2026 · Premiere · Offscreen Festival
Canada
July 25, 2025 · Premiere · Fantasia International Film Festival
France
August 26, 2026 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
August 14, 2025 · Premiere · Summer International Film Festival
Ireland
November 6, 2026 · Digital · Shudder
Japan
May 4, 2026 · Premiere · Yokohama International Film Festival
October 12, 2026 · Digital · Netflix
Taiwan
April 11, 2026 · Premiere · Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival
November 13, 2026 · Theatrical
Thailand
September 21, 2025 · Premiere · Chiang Mai International Fantastic Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 6, 2026 · Digital · Shudder
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