SUMMER PROJECT

Akira, a quiet third-grader, can’t fit in with the popular kids and always watches them from outside the circle. One day, he discovers an old suitcase by the river — inside is a human head. Desperate for friends, he takes it home, names it “Mr. Nakagawa,” and makes it his summer research project. The grim secret finally brings him companions: his classmates, thrilled by the head, throw themselves into a quest to find the missing body. It feels like the best summer of Akira’s life. But the happiness doesn’t last. As decay sets in, the boys’ innocent game twists into an irreversible nightmare.

Yuki Hara is a Japanese director, screenwriter, and producer specializing in horror and thrillers. He gained global recognition writing, directing, and producing the series Scam (2019), distributed internationally as a Netflix Original. The founder of Ghost Gate Films and a key creative at Yami — a horror studio backed by a major Japanese TV network — Hara produced the Warner Bros. feature Re/Member (2022), Japan’s No.1 horror box office hit, and wrote and produced its 2025 sequel.

Main Cast: Iori Sugimoto (Akira Miyamoto), Mutsuo Yoshioka (Masato Miyamoto), Misa Wada (Yuko Miyamoto)

Producers: Kazuaki Kubo, Yuki Ueno

Writer: Yuki Hara

Music: Akira Yamaoka

Cinematographer: Daisuke Odachi

Editor: Shota Ozawa

Special Makeup Effects: Soichiro Umezawa

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