Exit 8’s Walking Man Actor Yamato Kochi’s Life Changes Overnight After Film’s Hit Run – Interest

Actor Kochi Yamato, who plays “The Walking Man” in the hit live-action film Movie Exit 8 (8-Sakaguchi), revealed to a Japanese women’s magazine City Holy Land On Sunday, his life changed after he appeared in the movie. Kochi said he was considered a “walking man” in public. “If I don’t wear a hat, fans will flock to me, but if I wear a hat, no one will notice me (laughs).”

Kochi further recalled that his six-year-old son took off his hat in a shopping mall and shouted: “This is Exit 8 Yamato Kochi, Yamato Kochi! “

“It’s embarrassing, but my son seems to recognize my work in his own way. I’m happy about that,” Kochi said.

Exit 8 Based on the popular indie infinite loop horror game Exit 8 go through Created by Xiaozhu. Movie Premiere During and after the 78th Cannes International Film Festival in May Open The film will be released in Japan on August 29. achieve It ranked second during its opening weekend, selling 672,000 tickets and earning 960,867,600 yen (approximately $6.46 million). The film has now become the highest-grossing live-action film in Japan in its first three days of 2025.

North American film distribution company NEON (Oscar-winning film Parasite, Anora US dealer) will release The film will be released in North America in early 2026.

In the game, players are trapped in an endless loop of underground passages in a subway station. In order to escape to “Exit 8”, players must carefully look for any anomalies that indicate danger as they go.

Source: Exit 8 Movies/Twitter account, City Holy Land pass Noriko Yashima