Director: Daihachi Yoshida
Cast: Kyōzō Nagatsuka, Kumi Takiuchi, Yuumi Kawai, Asuka Kurosawa, Satoru Matsuo
Teki Cometh is a 2025 Japanese drama film directed by Daihachi Yoshida, starring Kyōzō Nagatsuka as a widowed retired professor whose quiet, tradition-bound daily life is suddenly fractured by a cryptic warning that forces him to confront a threat he cannot fully understand. Running 108 minutes, it carries an IMDb rating of 7.2.
What is Teki Cometh about?
An elderly scholar lives alone in the ancestral wooden home his grandfather constructed decades earlier, keeping the rooms and rituals of a life largely behind him. He fills his hours in the kitchen, occasionally hosting former pupils for meals that blend warmth with a certain melancholy. One afternoon, an unexplained message appears on his computer screen — terse, anonymous, loaded with implication — suggesting that harm is coming his way. The film follows him as ordinary domestic rhythms give way to mounting unease, and the question of who might wish this gentle, seemingly harmless old man ill begins to surface with quiet insistence.
Cast & crew
Director Daihachi Yoshida is known for balancing deadpan comedy and quietly devastating drama in Japanese cinema. Kyōzō Nagatsuka leads as the professor, bringing a stillness that makes even small gestures land with weight. The supporting ensemble — including Kumi Takiuchi, Yuumi Kawai, Asuka Kurosawa, and Satoru Matsuo — fills in the professor's past and present world with precision.
Context & significance
Japanese slow-burn domestic thrillers have a strong following among Persian-speaking viewers who appreciate restrained storytelling over spectacle — a sensibility that maps well onto the Iranian cinematic tradition of finding drama in the everyday. Teki Cometh fits squarely in that lineage: a contemplative film where social obligation, aging, and hidden resentment intersect. For diaspora viewers, the theme of an elder living between memory and an uncertain present carries particular resonance. The film is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, making it fully accessible to viewers who prefer to watch in their language.
Where & how to watch
Teki Cometh is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.