{"rewrite":{"id":"r_2dfb9893ab49853c0a9fc25c","clusterId":"c_b29aaddf5853d940700640d3","slug":"mentor-selected-for-warsaw-competition-and-kaohsiung-festival","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"mentor Selected For Warsaw Competition And Kaohsiung Festival","summary":"The film mentor, directed by Keisuke Yoshida, has been selected for the competition section of the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival, which runs October 9 to 18, with a screening set for October 10. It has also been selected for Taiwan's 26th Kaohsiung Film Festival, running October 9 to 26, where Hayato Isomura, Seiya Ozawa, and Yoshida will appear on stage. The film opens nationwide on October 16.","whyItMatters":"Two festival slots before the October 16 opening give the film an international run that precedes its domestic release, with Warsaw's competition programming director and Kaohsiung's programming director both citing the film's theme and lead performances in the selections.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eHayato Isomura and Seiya Ozawa share the lead, with Go Ayano in support. Yoshida wrote the screenplay as well as directing, and the story follows two men who burned down an apartment building with fireworks as boys and the man who lost his wife and child in that fire.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarsaw\u0026#39;s programming director, Bartek Pulcyn, said films exploring truth, justice, and forgiveness are needed now. Kaohsiung\u0026#39;s programming director, Ryan Cheng, pointed to the film\u0026#39;s satire and contemporary view of crime and punishment, and to the three male leads\u0026#39; performances. The Kaohsiung screening is set for October 24.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"mentor screens in Warsaw's competition on October 10, six days before its nationwide opening on October 16. Festival runs during release week, so the film enters theaters with a festival jury verdict already in circulation.","twitterPost":"mentor opens nationwide October 16, six days after its Warsaw competition screening. Festival verdict lands before the box office does.","threadsPost":"Keisuke Yoshida's mentor plays Warsaw's competition section on October 10, six days before its October 16 nationwide opening. The festival screening reaches jurors before the film reaches Japanese audiences, so its reception abroad circulates first.","newsletterBlurb":"mentor, the Keisuke Yoshida film starring Hayato Isomura and Seiya Ozawa with Go Ayano in support, has been selected for the competition section of the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival and for Taiwan's 26th Kaohsiung Film Festival. Isomura, Ozawa, and Yoshida will appear on stage at Kaohsiung. The film opens in Japan on October 16.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156965\",\"title\":\"Isomura Hayato and Suezawa Seiya Double-Star in 'mentor', Selected for Warsaw Film Festival Competition, Also Set to Appear at Taiwan's Kaohsiung Film Festival\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4535,"outputTokens":667,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789641866,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T10:38:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T10:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T10:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b29aaddf5853d940700640d3","canonicalTitle":"磯村勇斗×末澤誠也W主演『mentor』ワルシャワ映画祭コンペ部門出品　台湾・高雄映画祭登壇も決定","representativeArticleId":"a_1e9201c10b5bfe84a813fe15","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"mentor\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hayato Isomura\",\"Seiya Ozawa\",\"Go Ayano\",\"Keisuke Yoshida\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-17T10:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-17T10:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T10:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156965","title":"磯村勇斗×末澤誠也W主演『mentor』ワルシャワ映画祭コンペ部門出品　台湾・高雄映画祭登壇も決定"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["mentor"],"studios":[],"people":["Hayato Isomura","Seiya Ozawa","Go Ayano","Keisuke Yoshida"],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}