EXCLUSIVE: Cloud, written and directed by Japanese veteran director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will open in U.S. theaters on July 18.
Released by Sideshow and Janus Films, the film will open in New York on July 18, followed by Los Angeles on July 25, before kicking off a nationwide rollout.
The film stars Masaki Suda (The Boy and the Heron), Kotone Furukawa (Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy), Daiken Okudaira, Amane Okayama, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa and Masataka Kubota.
Cloud premiered at the Venice Film Festival, played at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was also Japan’s selection for the Oscars.
After releasing Kurosawa’s Cloud, Janus Films is also set to release Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujar’s Day in the fall.
Produced by Japan’s Nikkatsu, the thriller follows Yoshii, an ambitious, yet directionless, young factory worker from Tokyo, who side-hustles in black market reselling, cheating both buyers and sellers. After swindling his way into loads of cash, Yoshii gradually attempts to disconnect from humanity. He moves out of the city, shuns his girlfriend and entrusts duties to his new, devoted assistant. Before long, his life is plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.
Kurosawa has directed over 25 feature films, including Pulse, Tokyo Sonata and Wife of a Spy.
Janus Films’ slate this year also includes Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, Bi Gan’s Resurrection and Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides.
