Ryuya Suzuki's self-animated feature 'Jinsei' opens in U.S. theaters on June 12, 2026, following a Japanese release in May 2025 and a festival run that included Annecy and a Special Jury Prize at the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival.
Ryuya Suzuki taught himself animation on an iPad during the COVID-19 lockdowns, starting with Procreate in 2020. Over 18 months he completed 'Jinsei' as a one-man crew, writing, directing, animating, and producing the feature without a studio or large crew. The film tells a century-long story about a pop idol, with the protagonist voiced by rapper Ace Cool.
'Jinsei' opened in Japan in May 2025 and screened at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. It won a Special Jury Prize at the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival. Greenwich Entertainment acquired U.S. distribution and released the first trailer on May 19, 2026. The film opens in New York on June 5 and nationwide on June 12, 2026.
Suzuki's solo production pipeline-from learning Procreate in 2020 to a theatrical feature in five years-demonstrates that a single animator can complete a feature-length film without a studio or large crew. The film arrives in U.S. theaters distributed by Greenwich Media.
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Japanese filmmaker Ryuya Suzuki taught himself animation on an iPad during the COVID-19 lockdowns and completed his debut feature 'Jinsei' as a one-man crew over 18 months. The film, which tells a century-long story about a pop idol, opened in Japan in May 2025, screened at Annecy, and arrives in U.S. theaters on June 12, 2026, distributed by Greenwich Media.
Greenwich Entertainment released the first trailer for Ryuya Suzuki's indie feature Jinsei, which opens in New York on June 5 and nationwide on June 12. The hand-drawn film follows one protagonist across a hundred years, voiced by rapper Ace Cool, and has already won a Special Jury Prize at the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival.