{"id":23786,"date":"2026-05-17T07:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/23786\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T07:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T07:28:06","slug":"new-tokyo-horror-festival-yami-sets-november-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/23786\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tokyo Horror Festival Yami Sets November Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA horror and dark genre film festival, the <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/yami-international-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_yami-international-film-festival\" data-tag=\"yami-international-film-festival\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yami International Film Festival<\/a>, will hold its inaugural edition Nov. 20\u201326 at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya in Tokyo, organizers revealed at Cannes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe festival, organized by Japan-based horror entertainment company Yami Inc., will run two competitive sections \u2013 feature film competition and short film competition \u2013 with prizes including best film, audience award, and additional honors. Winners will receive cash prizes and official trophies. Submissions open May 27 via FilmFreeway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe festival takes its name from the Japanese word for \u201cdarkness\u201d and carries the tagline \u201cDarkness Makes the World Known.\u201d Jury members are to be announced; the roster will draw from filmmakers, actors, and creators working across Japan and internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYami Inc. has built its profile through a blend of AI-driven digital projects, gaming initiatives, and immersive \u201canalysis-based exhibitions,\u201d among them \u201cDid You Read That Ominous Letter?\u201d, \u201cA Missing Exhibition,\u201d and \u201cThe Fear Exhibition.\u201d The festival represents the company\u2019s entry into the film industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tProducer Wada Arihiro, whose credits include \u201cFujiko\u201d and \u201cKaiju Guy,\u201d will serve as festival director and programming director. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe culture of portraying fear is something Japan has cultivated and refined over time, and many remarkable films have emerged from this country. Our mission is to satisfy global curiosity through the idea that \u2018fear is fun.\u2019 Through cinema, we aim to create a platform that introduces the forefront of new horror being created around the world. Shibuya, Tokyo will become a place where audiences can encounter the next wave of horror. We look forward to welcoming you,\u201d Wada said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A horror and dark genre film festival, the Yami International Film Festival, will hold its inaugural edition Nov.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5090,8,52,18889],"class_list":{"0":"post-23786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tokyo","8":"tag-cannes-film-festival","9":"tag-japan","10":"tag-tokyo","11":"tag-yami-international-film-festival"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}