Never After Dark

Never After Dark

Director: Dave Boyle
Country: Japan

2026 | 104 min. | Japanese
Subtitles: German, English

Cast_ Moeka Hoshi, Kurumi Inagaki, Kento Kaku, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Bokuzō Masana Screenplay_ Dave Boyle Camera_ Patrick Ouziel Producer_ Dave Boyle, Kento Kaku, Kosuke Tsutsumi Rights_ The Festival Agency

When the dead are afraid of ghosts. Nail-biting Japanese horror and stylish genre mash-up – one of the biggest hits at this year’s SXSW in Texas!

Airi is a traveling medium. Famed for her gentle hand, strangers hire her to guide the dead from this world to the next – spirits who, for one reason or another, remain trapped between the two. One day, a family summons her to a remote house in the countryside, where a particularly terrifying ghost is said to be haunting the premises. What initially seems like a routine job soon turns into a challenge of epic proportions. Airi comes face to face with the most powerful supernatural force she has ever encountered. But it’s not only the spirit world that holds dangers and dark secrets in wait for her…

Director

Dave Boyle is American, studied Japanese Studies, and spent a period living in Sydney’s Japanese district. His feature films reflect this multinational perspective, moving between American and Asian influences in their choice of casting, themes, and genres.

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