Hinotama: Ball of Fire

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Fri, 10/30

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Kadokawa Cinema Yurakucho

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Tue, 11/03

13:5516:17

Kadokawa Cinema Yurakucho

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Film details

Director: YAZA Takenoshin
Original title: 火の玉
Country/Region: Japan
Year: 2026
Length: 112min
Section: Nippon Cinema Now
Edition: Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39
Original language: Japanese
Premiere: National Premiere
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Competitive section
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb TMDB Douban

Director

YAZA Takenoshin

At 16, Yaza won the Grand Prize at a national film competition with The Story of the Largest Kettle in Japan (2019), a film about nuclear energy. He studied philosophy and film at Harvard as a Yanai Tadashi Foundation Scholar, graduating in 2026.

From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39

Credits

Director: YAZA Takenoshin
Producer: Tomohisa ISHII
Cast: Riku ONISHI, Koe ODANI, Himena IREI, Mari KUSU, Tomomitsu ADACHI
Screenplay: YAZA Takenoshin
Cinematography: Yoshio KITAGAWA
Production design: Shusaku TSUKAMOTO
Editing: YAZA Takenoshin
Music: Gabriel BRADY
Sound: Masato KOMAKI
Lighting Director: Lisa HIRAYA
Production company: Lamp. K.K.

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Festival history2

Tokyo International Film Festival, 2026Nippon Cinema Now, Competitive section Busan International Film Festival, 2026Vision: Asia, Official selection

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