25th New York Asian Film Festival

July 10-26, 2026

Photo: ©2026 “Magical Secret Tour” Production Committee

International Premiere

Magical Secret Tour

マジカル・シークレット・ツアー

Three women with no reason to trust each other and nothing left to lose meet at the wrong end of Japan’s economy and find a very illegal way out. Wakako (Kasumi Arimura), a mother of two, learns that her husband has been fired, exposed for embezzlement, and left her buried in debt. Kiyoe (Haru Kuroki) is a researcher with no job security owing six million yen. Mayu (Sara Minami) is pregnant, unmarried, and a broke cabaret-club worker. A shady gig sends them all to Singapore, where the work turns out to be gold smuggling. Then the money comes in. And so does the freedom. Chihiro Amano, director of Mrs. Noisy, draws on a real smuggling case for a film about women who have spent their lives short on money and short on luck, but suddenly discover they are pretty good at being bad.

Director: Chihiro Amano
Producers: Tsutae Tashiro, Yasushi Miyamae, Kota Ishizuka
Screenwriters: Chihiro Amano, Madoka Kumagai
Cast: Kasumi Arimura, Haru Kuroki, Sara Minami
Languages: Japanese with English Subtitles
2026; 116 min.; DCP
Country: Japan

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 11, 9:15pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro and Q&A with actress Sara Minami