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Why Wait, Just Die

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A woman named Asami Kashima is found strangled. A woman named Eiko Watarai starts confronting various people who knew her – her boss, her neighbor, her boyfriend, her mother – riling them up into revealing their feelings about Asami, and saying she wants to know more about her.

DirectorJunichi Kanai
WriterKohei Kiyasu
ProducersTatsuya Iwakura·Yuhiro Matsuoka

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Cast · Directed by Junichi Kanai

NNao
Nao
AIAoi Ito
Aoi Ito
KMKou Maehara
Kou Maehara
HTHikaru Takahashi
Hikaru Takahashi
TKTakuya Kusakawa
Takuya Kusakawa
TTTomoko Tabata
Tomoko Tabata
THTetsu Hirahara
Tetsu Hirahara

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Why Wait, Just Die hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around August 21, 2026. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.