{"id":51954,"date":"2025-09-13T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=51954"},"modified":"2025-09-12T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:29:00","slug":"the-exit-8-movie-producer-on-how-a-game-without-a-story-became-japans-highest-grossing-live-action-film-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-exit-8-movie-producer-on-how-a-game-without-a-story-became-japans-highest-grossing-live-action-film-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Exit 8 movie producer on how a game without a story became Japan’s highest-grossing live-action film of 2025\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s quite remarkable how The Exit 8 movie<\/a> – based on a $4 dollar indie game – is on track to become one of Japan\u2019s biggest live-action films, earning\u00a0roughly $6.3 million USD in the box-office within its first three days and $133 million in two weeks. Despite the original game\u2019s lack of a story<\/a>, movie producer Yuto Sakata says the core gameplay loop provided a lot of material to work with.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post-premiere interview with Famitsu<\/a>, Sakata explains how he, director Kawamura Genki, and screenwriter Kentaro Hirase created the story alongside the game\u2019s solo creator, Kotake Create<\/a>. Building upon the notion that The Exit 8 constantly made players choose between pushing forward or turning back depending on whether they discovered any anomalies in the game, they decided that the film should also thematically force a decision on The Lost Man, the main protagonist played by Kazunari Ninomiya.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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