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Hide & Sniff

Hide & Sniff

2020
Drama Fantasy
49 min NR Japan
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“Are you ready?” Koki racks his brain to try and win a game of hide-and-seek over his wife, Arika, who has a sensitive nose. One night, Arika senses…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Kôsuke Hishinuma
Starring
Miyuu Teshima / Haruka Imou / Kouta Fudauchi

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

unsettling peculiar intimate tense abstract sensory psychological unique atmospheric intriguing challenging visceral

Reviews

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Isabelle Moreau
Apr 4, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

This Japanese offering, 'Hide & Sniff', ventures into territory rarely explored in cinema, focusing on the power of scent to evoke unease and torment. Miyuu Teshima carries the weight of the film, her portrayal of Arika’s sensory distress…

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Leo Chen
Apr 4, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

'Hide & Sniff' presents a refreshingly unconventional approach to marital drama, using a heightened sense of smell as its central metaphor for discord. Miyuu Teshima is compelling as Arika, effectively conveying the insidious nature of her torment. The…

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Genevieve Dubois
Apr 4, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

A truly singular vision pulses through 'Hide & Sniff', a film that dares to make the olfactory the protagonist's primary antagonist. Miyuu Teshima delivers a performance of remarkable vulnerability and escalating dread as Arika, whose world is slowly…

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Marcus Bellweather
Apr 4, 2026
2.0 / 5
2.0

There's an undeniable ambition to 'Hide & Sniff', a Japanese film that attempts to build tension through the most primal of senses: smell. The premise, involving a wife's distress over her husband's changing odour, is certainly a conversation…

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Eleanor Vance
Apr 4, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Director Unknown crafts a peculiar, scent-driven narrative in 'Hide & Sniff', a film that lodges itself in the mind through sheer oddity. Miyuu Teshima as Arika embodies a palpable, creeping dread, her reactions to Koki's altered scent forming…

FAQs

The distinctiveness of 'Hide & Sniff' lies in its reliance on olfaction as the primary driver of conflict. Instead of visual cues or auditory scares, the film centres on an odorous change that profoundly affects Arika. This unusual approach to suspense and psychological distress sets it apart, offering a fresh, albeit potentially challenging, perspective on intimacy, decay, and the subtle signals that can unravel a relationship.