Movie Yoroï (2025)

Story

After an exhausting final tour, Aurélien leaves his former life behind and moves to the Japanese countryside with his pregnant wife, Nanako. Their new home is a traditional house surrounded by the quiet landscapes of rural Japan, offering the couple a chance to build a future together. That calm is disturbed when Aurélien discovers an ancient suit of armour hidden in a well. The relic carries a mystery of its own, and its awakening brings strange creatures known as Yokaïs into the couple’s world.

As the boundary between everyday life and the supernatural begins to fade, Aurélien must face a threat rooted in the house and its forgotten past. The story combines a young family’s hopes for a new beginning with an adventure shaped by Japanese folklore, discovery and mounting danger.

Overview

Directed by David Tomaszewski, Yoroï is a French adventure fantasy set against the contrasting worlds of modern relocation and traditional rural Japan. The film uses the couple’s arrival as a starting point for a story about unfamiliar surroundings, hidden forces and the responsibilities that accompany a major change in life.

Its atmosphere moves from intimate domestic drama to supernatural adventure as the mysterious armour draws Aurélien deeper into an unexplained conflict. The Japanese countryside provides a distinctive setting, while the presence of the Yokaïs adds a folkloric dimension to the film’s suspense. The result is a story centred on curiosity, courage and the fragile balance between a peaceful home and the forces concealed within it.

Cast and Characters

Orelsan leads the cast as Aurélien, a man attempting to settle into a new country while preparing for fatherhood and confronting the mystery beneath his home. Clara Choï plays Nanako, his pregnant wife and partner in this uncertain new chapter.

The cast also features Kazuya Tanabe, Yôko Narahashi and Alain Cauchi. Together, the performers support a fantasy adventure whose human core remains tied to the relationship between Aurélien and Nanako, while the surrounding world grows increasingly strange.