Watarai seems like a respectable science teacher at a cram school in a decent apartment complex but he has the hidden habit he dare not reveal. That of peeping in on people’s private lives. This veritable watcher in the attic has a peephole surveillance system set up to watch his downstairs neighbours, Taro and Hanae Magara, a couple who are university lecturers. They appear perfect from the outside but the husband hides a secret that Watarai discovers ahead of Hanae and he finds himself sucked from the role of an observer into that of a participant in the fracturing of their relationship and worse…
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Tatsuro Yamashiro Director
First release September 5, 2025 · Produced in Japan · Original title 白昼夢
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Original title
白昼夢
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 5, 2025
Premiere · Osaka Asian Film Festival EXPO
Japan · October 31, 2025
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Japan
January 1, 2026 · Digital
South Korea
April 3, 2026 · Digital
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