Overview
- Lionsgate has scheduled Karoshi to open in theaters on January 29, 2027, a date that places the film in a crowded early-year release window.
- Deadline and other outlets report the near-future corporate thriller is set in a transformed Manhattan where a mysterious outsider exposes a violent system after a worker’s death.
- Takashi Doscher directs with Chad Stahelski’s 87Eleven and producers Jason Spitz, Alex Young, and Nathan Kahane attached to the project.
- The announced international cast includes Teo Yoo, Isabel May, Takehiro Hira, Bill Camp, Show Kasamatsu, Giancarlo Esposito, and Cynthia Erivo, though specific character details remain unconfirmed.
- Reporting notes Doscher’s minimalist, tension-focused films and 87Eleven’s action background as the creative mix shaping Karoshi’s likely tone, and the title’s reference to the Japanese term for death from overwork signals the film’s focus on corporate stress and its human cost.