Single8
2023, Japanese. Directed by Kazuya Konaka.
Summer 1978. High schooler Kurita is inspired by Star Wars, and films a spaceship scene on a 8mm camera together with his friend Ozawa. When the class is discussing a project for their school festival, Kurita's suggestion to make an SF movie ends up winning. Together with their movie fan classmate Sasaki, the boys start to plan a movie and manage to convince Yamashita, the prettiest girl in class, to star as the heroine. Over the summer vacation, the four shoot their movie, "Time Reverse", where an alien spaceship arrives on Earth to turn back time in order to save mankind from itself.
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 18 March 2023
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kazuya Konaka
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Single8 runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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Single8 isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 March 2023. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
What movies are like Single8?
If you liked Single8, try It's a Summer Film!, Date with an Angel, Stargirl.
Who directed Single8?
Single8 (2023) was directed by Kazuya Konaka and stars Yu Uemura, Akari Takaishi, Noa Fukuzawa.