Exit 8
2025 | 95 min | Horror
EXIT 8 turns a subway loop into existential horror, where video-game logic, commuter anxiety and fatherhood collide in modern dread and unease.
Hirota Otsuka
ActorBorn in Tokyo in 1999, filmmaker Hiroto Ohtsuka graduated from Musashino Art University. His graduation film, 'Kaerimichi' ('On the Way Home'), was awarded the runner-up prize at the TOHOho Film Festival. He gained further recognition with his short film 'Exit 8' (2024), which was screened at several international festivals. Professionally, Ohtsuka works as a director for a video production company.
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