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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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Expected on OTT
around August 21, 2026

Released in cinemas on July 3, 2026. A prediction based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window — not a confirmed date. Get the WhichOTT app to be notified the moment it lands.

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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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