{"id":2203,"date":"2025-09-22T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2025-09-22T10:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:30:02","slug":"walking-man-from-the-exit-8-is-winning-over-legions-of-fans-in-japan-and-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2203","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWalking Man\u201d from The Exit 8 is winning over legions of fans in Japan and abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kochi Yamato is the man of the hour, and the next hour, and the hour after that\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Although the latest Demon Slayer<\/em> film has been dominating the box office in Japan for the past nine weeks in a row, one movie that came very close to dethroning it several times was the live-action adaptation of the indie game The Exit 8<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the film, Arashi\u2019s Kazunari Ninomiya<\/a> takes on the player\u2019s role of Lost Man, who frequently runs into Walking Man, played by Kochi Yamato, as he attempts to escape an endless subway corridor.<\/strong> The rules of the game and film both require Lost Man to watch out for any anomalies in the seemingly bland corridors, and Walking Man may also exhibit some of those anomalies, so he must be watched closely. Failure to spot an anomaly means Lost Man is looped back to the beginning and must start again.<\/p>\n\n

While you\u2019d expect that the star power of Ninomiya to do a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of promoting the movie, it looks like his co-star Yamato is making a pretty big splash himself and showing up at a number of appearances.<\/p>\n

\u25bc \u201cAt <\/em>Nino Nanoni\u2019s Sports Autumn 2-Hour Special. Thank you very much for watching!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u6cb3\u5185\u5927\u548c Yamato Kochi (@k_h3021) September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u25bc \u201cI took part in the Busan International Film Festival.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u6cb3\u5185\u5927\u548c Yamato Kochi (@k_h3021) September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u25bc \u201cI\u2019ll be appearing on <\/em>ZIP! tomorrow, 18 September (Thursday)! They interviewed me! Please be sure to check it out!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u6cb3\u5185\u5927\u548c Yamato Kochi (@k_h3021) September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m afraid if you didn\u2019t spot the anomaly just now, you\u2019ll have to go back to the beginning of this article now\u2026<\/p>\n

The rest of you, congratulations on noticing that Yamato was dressed as Walking Man at the Busan International Film Festival. He even walked the red carpet entirely in character to a large applause from spectators and smiles from members of the press.<\/p>\n

\u25bc Full video of the red carpet, cued at Yamato\u2019s appearance<\/p>\n\n

This is all impressive, considering it\u2019s the 46-year-old actor\u2019s first role in a feature film, having only made a handful of TV appearances dating back only two years. That\u2019s because Yamato spent most of his career as a Shakespearean actor in Japan<\/strong> and even founded an entire company dedicated to the works of The Bard.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 \u6cb3\u5185\u5927\u548c Yamato Kochi (@k_h3021) September 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In The Exit 8<\/em>, the role of Walking Man is deceptively difficult as the character must be completely blank, and even the slightest inconsistency in his performances would be mistaken for an anomaly. He credits his ability to pull that off to his stage work as a background player, who has to be as understated as possible so as not to draw any attention away from the main actors.<\/p>\n

Comments from social media users heaped praise on Yamato, complimenting both his looks and acting chops.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNow, whenever I pass by someone dressed like him, I get a bad feeling.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cOh, it\u2019s that guy! That guy was so good!\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cHe has such a nice smile.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019m not the first to say this, but I would love to see him do something with the Aphex Twin guy.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cHe really did nail that role.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cWithout a doubt, the coolest bald Japanese guy.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cI had no idea the old guy from <\/em>The Exit 8 was so handsome in real life.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u201cIt was a really bizarre performance, I can\u2019t say enough good things about it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Yamato said in an interview that at age 27 he lost faith in his chances of having an acting career and gave up completely for about a year and a half<\/strong>, doing part-time work and odd jobs instead. It was a hard road for him to re-enter the entertainment business from scratch all over again, but he managed it, and now his future in Japanese film and TV looks brighter than the fluorescent lighting of The Exit 8<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Source: Twitter\/@k_h3021<\/a>, Otaku.com<\/a>, Box Office Mojo<\/a>, Encount<\/a>, An An Web<\/a><\/em>
\nFeatured image: YouTube\/Umbrella Entertainment<\/a><\/em>
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