The Weekend Film Show in August 2026

Film Details: 

The Real You (本心)

(d. ISHII Yuya / 2024 / 123min / 16 / Drama)

Cast: IKEMATSU Sosuke, MIYOSHI Ayaka, MIZUKAMI Koshi, NAKANO Taiga, TANAKA Min, AYANO Go, TSUMABUKI Satoshi, TANAKA Yuki

Director – ISHII Yuya

Producer – NAGAI Takuro, SAKAKIDA Shigeki, OSAKI Mao

Director of Photography – HAMADA Takeshi

Synopsis:

“I want you to make my mother.” To understand the “true heart” of a mother who chose “elective death,” he resurrects her through AI technology.

“I’ve got something important to tell you.” With these final words, Akiko suddenly passed away, revealing that she had actually chosen “elective death.”

Why had a mother who seemed happy desired to end her own life? Desperate to uncover his mother’s true intentions, Sakuya ventures into uncharted technological territory. He turns to VF (Virtual Figure), a technology that aggregates personal data from one’s life to create a “human” in a virtual space. Although he feels unease when Nozaki, the developer of VF, says, “I can create your mother even more real than the original,” Sakuya proceeds with the data collection necessary for creating the VF and contacts a woman named Miyoshi, who claims to have been his mother’s close friend. Thus, his “mother” is completed, and Sakuya begins to reclaim an ordinary life—able to meet his mother whenever he wears the VF goggles and now cohabiting with Miyoshi. However, the VF gradually begins to reveal another side of his mother that Sakuya had never known…

Screening Information

Date: 15 August 2026 (Saturday)

Time: 10:30AM & 1:30PM 

Venue: GSC Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur 

Notes:

• Admission/Bookings: Admission is FREE. Prior booking is REQUIRED. Please book only if you are certain to be able to attend. Please inform if unable to attend.
• Kindly select the preferred screening time. Ticket booking opens on the 7th August (Friday), 9AM MYT.
• Max Two (2) pax under One (1) name only. 
• Screening in Japanese with English subtitles.
• Walk-ins are accepted in the case of no-shows or cancellations.
• If you require access needs during the day of screening, email hannah_ha@jpf.go.jp or WhatsApp +6019-322 3329 (Hannah).

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Disclaimer

NO RECORDING

This screening will be monitored for unauthorized recording. By attending, you consent to surveillance by security personnel. You agree not to bring any recording device into the theatre. If you attempt to use or enter with recording device, you will be denied admission. If you attempt to use a recording device, you consent to your immediate removal from the theatre and forfeiture of device and its contents. Unauthorized recordings will be reported to law enforcement and may subject you to criminal and civil liability.

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