MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season7

MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season7

2025 · 68 min · Drama, Comedy, Thriller

The seventh entry in the MIRRORLIAR FILMS short-film omnibus project brings together five works from established and emerging creators. In SUNA, two detectives investigate strange deaths linked to sand. Wedding follows two grieving fathers in a near-future America torn by civil war. KUTSUYA centers on a dishonest novelist and a mysterious shoemaker. Victims turns a parking dispute into escalating chaos for a young couple. Human Error follows a man whose life is disrupted by an AI voice scam.

Directed by Shigeaki Kato

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