A former gang leader tries to walk away from that life, only to find the past pulling him back in on the very streets he was hoping to leave behind.
What is Out about?
Out centers on Tatsuya, an ex-gang leader in Japan trying to build a quieter life after stepping away from the criminal world he once ran. That fresh start collapses when he gets pulled into a conflict between rival gangs, a situation he never intended to walk back into. Along the way he forms an unexpected friendship with Chihiro, whose late brother once led a gang of his own, and the two navigate the same violent world from opposite starting points — one trying to leave it, the other still tangled inside it. Director Hiroshi Shinagawa frames their bond against a backdrop of rivalry and consequence, using the friendship as the emotional center of a story that otherwise moves through gang hierarchy and street-level tension.
About the cast
Yuki Kura leads as Tatsuya, with Kotaro Daigo, Koshi Mizukami, Yuki Yoda, Sho Yonashiro, Shosei Ohira, Sukai Kinjo, and Shin Koyanagi filling out the ensemble of allies and rivals around him.
Context & significance
Released in Japan in 2023, Out runs a substantial 129 minutes, giving Shinagawa room to develop the gang-world hierarchy and the friendship at the story's center without rushing either. The film sits within a long tradition of Japanese crime drama that treats loyalty and the difficulty of leaving a violent past behind as its central subject, rather than leaning on action for its own sake. Its ensemble cast lets the story track several relationships within the gang world at once, so the tension comes as much from shifting loyalties among the wider group as from Tatsuya and Chihiro's own choices.
Watching Out on Ktime
Out streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow its dialogue and street-level tension in either format. A free K-Time account is required to watch; the film's page can be browsed without signing in.