Baka's Identity

Baka's Identity is a 2025 Japanese film directed by Koto Nagata which explores Japanese youth poverty in criminal underworld through the perspectives of a trio of young men who work as internet scammers.^[1][2][3][4] It is based on a 2019 novel, Orokamono no Mibun, by Jun Nishio. The film was produced by Akira Morii.

Baka's Identity
Japanese	愚か者の身分
Directed by	Koto Nagata
Screenplay by	Kosuke Mukai
Based on	Orokamono no Mibun by Jun Nishio
Produced by	Akira Morii Kumi Kobata Kazuya Shimomura
Starring	Takumi Kitamura Yuta Hayashi Go Ayano
Cinematography	Tomoo Ezaki
Edited by	Ryuji Miyajima
Music by	Yoshiaki Dewa
Production companies	The Seven Lat-Lon
Distributed by	The Seven Showgate
Release date	October 24, 2025 (2025-10-24) (Japan)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The movie had its world premiere at the 2025 Busan International Film Festival in competition and is scheduled to be released in Japan on October 24, 2025.^[1]

Premise

The movie stars Takumi Kitamura, Go Ayano, and Yuta Hayashi as three young men who make a living by pretending to be young women and tricking men out of their identity papers that they can resell to others trying to establish a new life.^[1]

Cast

• Takumi Kitamura as Takuya Matsumoto
• Yuta Hayashi as Mamoru Kakizaki
• Mizuki Yamashita as Kisara Makihara
• Yuma Yamoto as Haruto Egawa (Yuto Taniguchi)
• Haruka Kinami as Yuika
• Kazuya Tanabe as George (Joji Ichioka)
• Goichi Mine as Sato
• Masaki Kaji as Kaizuka
• Yuya Matsuura as Toshio Maeda (Todoroki)
• Go Ayano as Kenshi Kajitani

Development

Jun's 2019 novel, which told the story of youth in Tokyo's Kabukicho red light district, was a sprawling narrative with numerous interconnected characters. Nagata and screenwriter Kosuke Muka chose to focus the script on three characters.^[2]

“Baka” is the Japanese word for idiot or fool, fearing to the victims of the trio's Internet scams ^[4]