{"id":7890,"date":"2026-08-27T04:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T02:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/?p=7890"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:09:21","slug":"8%e7%95%aa%e5%87%ba%e5%8f%a3-aka-exit-8-by-kawamura-genki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/2026\/08\/27\/8%e7%95%aa%e5%87%ba%e5%8f%a3-aka-exit-8-by-kawamura-genki\/","title":{"rendered":"8\u756a\u51fa\u53e3 aka <em>Exit 8<\/em> by Kawamura Genki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2705 Fantastic script that takes the game\u2019s mechanics and weaves them into an emotionally gripping story while still preserving the vibes of an indie video game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Its entwined loops, a universal psychological one and a social one specific to Japan, are spot-on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Mostly minimalist but great, from its music and sound design to its opening and closing credits.<\/p>\n<p>Not being able to find anything\u2019s been the new normal in Shinjuku Station since 2021 anyway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacer20\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ruler\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"epigraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exit_8_(film)\">8\u756a\u51fa\u53e3 aka <em>Exit 8<\/em><\/a> by Kawamura Genki, 2025.<br \/>\nWatched at the Bambi theater on August 26, 2026, in its original language with subtitles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/2026\/08\/27\/8%e7%95%aa%e5%87%ba%e5%8f%a3-aka-exit-8-by-kawamura-genki\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to 8\u756a\u51fa\u53e3 aka Exit 8 by Kawamura Genki\"><p>\ud83c\udfac Liminal spaces are all the rage lately.<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-archive","h-entry","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7890"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7899,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7890\/revisions\/7899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}