{"id":10366,"date":"2026-02-12T07:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/10366\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:59:08","slug":"japanese-horror-wash-away-joins-finecuts-berlin-market-slate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/10366\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Horror ‘Wash Away’ Joins Finecut’s Berlin Market Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKorean sales company Finecut<\/a> has acquired international sales rights to Japanese horror-thriller \u201cWash Away<\/a>,\u201d which it will represent at the European Film Market<\/a> in Berlin.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe thriller centers on two vacationers who receive a free stay at an isolated lakeside getaway, where they encounter sinister forces tied to local folklore about water\u2019s ability to cleanse the soul. First-time feature director Takuya Miyahara uses the premise to examine Japan\u2019s so-called Satori Generation \u2013 young people grappling with defeatism amid the country\u2019s economic decline and demographic challenges. The film probes how despair can drive individuals toward dangerous forms of denial and disengagement from reality.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiyahara previously directed short \u201cSuck,\u201d which competed at the 46th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Following his studies at ENBU Seminar\u2019s directing program, he honed his craft through the Sundance Institute\/NHK Award screenwriting initiative and attended specialized workshops in Los Angeles and New York.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast features Jingi Irie, known for \u201cTokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween \u2013 Destiny,\u201d as a withdrawn vacationer who grows suspicious of the resort\u2019s atmosphere. Makoto Tanaka of \u201cMichikusa\u201d portrays his partner, who becomes increasingly distant as dark revelations emerge.<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction company Nothing New is presenting the project. The outfit\u2019s \u201cAnyMart\u201d selected for this year\u2019s Berlinale Forum section. Nothing New\u2019s recent slate includes \u201cHappy Eyescream\u201d and \u201cDiary of the Ghost,\u201d both of which screened in International Film Festival Rotterdam\u2019s Short & Mid-length program this year, plus \u201cVoid,\u201d a Tiger Competition entry at Rotterdam\u2019s 53rd edition.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWash Away\u201d is in post-production, with Finecut planning to screen early footage for buyers during the European Film Market.<\/p>\n

\n\tFinecut\u2019s Berlin lineup also includes \u201cThe Day She Returns,\u201d Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo\u2019s latest work, which is in this year\u2019s Berlinale Panorama section. The company\u2019s European Film Market slate features \u201cLong Long Night,\u201d a 3D animation based on a Korean novel about an isolated rhinoceros who befriends a penguin hatched from a discarded egg, embarking on an emotional trek to the sea; \u201cTristes Tropiques,\u201d an action-noir from genre specialist Park Hoon-jung; and \u201cTime of Cinema,\u201d an omnibus that played Busan International Film Festival\u2019s Panorama last year, examining the relationship between filmmakers, audiences and the medium itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Korean sales company Finecut has acquired international sales rights to Japanese horror-thriller \u201cWash Away,\u201d which it will represent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,3146,3274,8176,190,8177],"class_list":["post-10366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-berlin-film-festival","tag-european-film-market","tag-finecut","tag-germany","tag-wash-away"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}