Cry Out
5.5
Akiko, a girl living a hard life after her father passes away and her mother's new boyfriend turns abusive, starts receiving encouraging letters from her 30-year-old-future self. Akiko also starts to get bullied in school, and her teacher Shinomiya tries to help her, but ends up losing her job. Akiko also unearths a story written to her by her father, telling her how he originally met her mother, who was the abused daughter of a politician.
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Cast
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Yuina Kuroshima
Mayuko Shinomiya
Known for
Ju-On: Origins
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
Nanami Yamazaki
Akiko Saeki
Also in
The Science Club
The Dry Spell
Ryota Bando
Yuki Harada
Known for
Howling Village
Wife of a Spy
Kanata Hosoda
Ryota Higuchi
Known for
We Made a Beautiful Bouquet
Bullet Train Explosion
Hana Kondo
Maju Morimoto
Also in
Antihero
House of Sayuri
Tori Matsuzaka
Ryota Saeki
Known for
Hello World
100 METERS
Keiko Kitagawa
Fumino Saeki
Known for
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Paradise Kiss
Takahisa Zeze Director · Ryota Kato Screenplay Kanae Minato Author
First release May 8, 2026 · Produced in Japan · Original title 未来
Production
U-NEXT
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Japan
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Original title
未来
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 8, 2026
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Taiwan
July 24, 2026 · Theatrical
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