WE-Entrance and Exit to the World – THE MOVIE
Film works / 2025
DATES
Saturday, November 29, 2025〜
VENUE：Theatre Image Forum（2-10-2 Shibuya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Writer, Director, Concept, Choreography： Hiroshi Koike
Cast：Makoto Matsushima, Jinya Imai, Azusa Fukushima, Megumi Nakatani, Shitamachi-Kyodai
Music：Shitamachi-Kyodai
Scenic Design/Art：Wataru Yamakami
Producer：Kazuhiro Shirao
Cinematography: Motoki Kobayashi, Keishi Sawahira, Kazuya Shibata, Lisa Sakurai
Sound Recording: Tomohisa Yoshida, Toru Sasaki
Editing: GENDAI EXPERIMENTAL LAB
Costume Design: Koji Hamai
Video Design: Kazuhiro Shirao, Keishi Sawahira
Props: Seiichiro Mori, Megumi Nakatani
Lighting: Takayuki Tomiyama
Graphic Design: Shoji Umemura
Presented by: Sai Inc.
Produced by: Hiromi Hosaka, Marie Kuroda, Megumi Nakatani, Rika Yanagisawa
Co-presented by: EARTH+GALLERY, Kuroyama Syacyu Inc., Life Art Union
Supported by: Shusaku Minoda
Japan / 2025 / 65 min / Partly in Color / DCP / 1.85:1
WE-Entrance and Exit to the World (WE) opening at movie theatres
WE is a performance blending dance, percussion, video, and visual art, directed by Hiroshi Koike, featuring art work by Wataru Yamakami. It premiered in 2023 at the EARTH+GALLERY in Tokyo, Japan. It was restaged immediately the following year by popular demand.
A unique combination of contemporary theatre, videography, music and visual art exhibition, WE is now presented as a feature film. Opening Saturday November 29, 2025 at Theatre Image Forum, followed by openings in theatres across the country.
ABOUT WE-Entrance and Exit to the World
Set in Japan, 2073 — a society divided into classes, where equality is an illusion and everyone watches everyone else.
Only one place remains beyond control: Space E.
A refuge… or a trap with no way out.
Japan, 2073: society is divided into 3 classes – upper, middle and lower. Society claims equality on the surface but in fact it is under constant watch. The only place beyond the watchful eye is Space E. People seek escape to this hidden refuge, yet even here, freedom is elusive. Those who flee gradually find themselves trapped in a world with no exits.
Illusions, lies and memories that quietly ensnare us, are brought to life through video, light, and sound, under the direction of Hiroshi Koike. Experience the film adaptation of this unique performance.
Scenic design and art work by award winning artist, Wataru Yamakami, winner of the Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art and Tokyo Midtown Award.