BAKA's Identity (2025)

Original title

愚か者の身分

Directed by

Koto Nagata

Genre

crime, drama, thriller

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three young men work as internet scammers in Japan. The film shows how poverty pushes them into the criminal underworld.

grittysuspensefulgrimurbanfast-pacedcynicaledgy

What happens

Baka's Identity is a 2025 Japanese crime film directed by Koto Nagata and written by Kosuke Mukai, based on Jun Nishio's 2019 novel Orokamono no Mibun. The plot explores Japanese youth poverty in criminal underworld through the perspectives of a trio of young men who work as internet scammers. The film premiered at the 2025 Busan International Film Festival in competition and was theatrically released in Japan on October 24, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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