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PiCNiC
(4K Remastered)

Original Title

PiCNiC
Pikunikku

The last road movie on Earth

INFORMATION

Shot in the summer of 1994, its enigmatic existence became legendary before its release in June 1996. The film PiCNiC marks the first collaboration between director Shunji Iwai and Chara, a partnership that would later lead to Swallowtail Butterfly. The worldview unique to this work—where purity, cruelty, and fragility coexist—continues to captivate audiences today. A defining masterpiece of Shunji Iwai's early career returns to the screen in a 4K remastered edition.

STORY

Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru met at a psychiatric hospital situated in a gloomy town. The three were forbidden from stepping outside the walls surrounding the facility, but at Coco's suggestion—"It's fine as long as we don't go outside the wall, right? Walking on top of the wall is okay."—they began walking along the top of the walls into the town. To witness the end of the Earth...