---
title: "Root Film"
description: "Spirited young filmmaker Rintarou Yagumo is involved in a new TV project—a mystery drama production set in Shimane that also served as tourism promotion for the"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/61/91461.jpg"
---

# Root Film

![Root Film](https://t.vndb.org/cv/61/91461.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** ルートフィルム

**Developer:** Kadokawa Games

**Release date:** Jul 30, 2020

**Platform:** PS4, Switch

**Language:** English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional), Spanish

**Rating:** 6.7/10 (135 votes)

## Description
Spirited young filmmaker Rintarou Yagumo is involved in a new TV project—a mystery drama production set in Shimane that also served as tourism promotion for the prefecture. It has been 10 years since the original pilot was shot, and while the project was discontinued for unknown reasons, plans for a revival seems to be in place. One of the characteristics of this project is that it is a competition between three filmmakers, and each filmmaker shoots using a different actress as the protagonist. Yagumo is excited to learn that the other two filmmakers are famous directors. Before long, Yagumo and the staff members head off to go pre-location scouting, but a murder occurs at their destination…

 Yagumo and Riho are the two protagonists. As you progress through each of their stories and unravel records of the past, you will witness the truth… Root Film is a mystery title developed with realistic and beautiful backgrounds from data that was carefully gathered of Shimane Prefecture, which is where the story is set. Enjoy the deep story written by [Hifumi Kouno](https://vndb.org/s8782), which points to the catharsis of art and madness in the darkness of today’s internet society.

[from [Gematsu](https://gematsu.com/2019/10/root-film-announced-for-ps4-switch)]

## Characters
### Riho (リホ)
The other protagonist, who is cheerful and often laughing. She was scouted in high school and transferred to another high school in Tokyo. She studied acting alongside her school studies and made her debut at 17 years-old. While it was a sober debut due to the fact that she signed with a small office, she is gradually gaining value within the industry for her talent as an actor.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Chemistry
- **Hair:** Long, Straight, Parted to Side
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Skirt, Turtleneck Shirt, Pendant Earrings, Sleeveless Dress
- **Engages in:** Suicide
- **Subject of:** Terminal Illness
- **Role:** Actor, Older Sister
- **Personality:** Cheerful
- **Voiced by:** Akaneya Himika

### Yagumo Rintarou (八雲 凛太朗)
Rintarou Yagumo is a poor filmmaker with a small, personal office. While he manages to make a living by occasionally making small promotional videos and sham psychic DVDs, he is not satisfied with his current situation and is always trying to improve himself. He recently won awards at the “6-Minute Film Festival,” “Asia Movie Competition,” and so on, and is garnering attention as an up-and-coming filmmaker.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Engages in:** Investigation, Escape From Confinement
- **Role:** Younger Brother, Older Brother, Film Director
- **Subject of:** Grief, Frameup
- **Voiced by:** Komada Wataru

### Amakata Hitoha (天方 一葉)
An idol signed with a small office. She is one of the three actors chosen as the leads for the Shimane mystery drama project. Yagumo chooses her as a partner and together they travel around Shimane’s various locations.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Subject of:** Terminal Illness, Manipulation
- **Role:** Actor
- **Engages in:** Suicide Attempt
- **Voiced by:** Kubota Miyu

### Kanade Kyouichi (金手 杏一)
A cameraman who often hangs out with Yagumo. While he may still be learning, he has courage and cameraman will-power, and since cameramen tend to ask for a lot of money, he is a saving grace for the poor Yagumo. He is a quiet and takes pride in his work. He always comes off as somewhat sleepy.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Muscular
- **Items:** Video Camera
- **Personality:** Taciturn
- **Voiced by:** Shibuya Azuki

### Magari Aine (曲 愛音)
A foul-mouthed assistant who works for Yagumo Pictures. She is extremely skilled in the use of editing software and equipment. While she has a bad attitude and the air of a former delinquent, she is a good girl at heart. She takes notice of the smaller details and often looks after Yagumo.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Personality:** Money Lover, Sharp-tongued
- **Role:** Temporary Protagonist
- **Voiced by:** Serizawa Yuu

### Manabe Shouko (真鍋 祥子)
Riho’s manager, who got her work as the lead role in a drama. Shouko travels around Shimane Prefecture with Riho on the hunt for shooting locations.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Belt, Pendant Necklace, Ribbon Hair Tie
- **Engages in:** Investigation
- **Hair:** Side Tail, Blunt Bangs
- **Role:** Management, Fiction Within Fiction
- **Voiced by:** Hidaka Noriko

### Aoto Mie (青戸 美絵)
Riho’s friend from high shcool and a freshman at Shimane University. She is studying the work of Yakumo Koizumi. She moved to Shimane during high school. She has a deep love for her father, and can sometimes be strongly opinionated. She is cute, but does not have much of a fashion sense.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Belt, Pleated Skirt
- **Role:** Daughter, University Student, Fiction Within Fiction
- **Personality:** Serious, Father Complex
- **Subject of:** Grief
- **Voiced by:** Wakai Yuuki

### Haishima Monami (拝嶋 モナミ)
Assistant to Izaya Ibuse, one of the directors of the Shimane Mystery Drama Project. She also takes care of Ibuse’s management duties, and has the air of a humble and mature secretary.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Subject of:** Insanity, Grief
- **Engages in:** Murder, Manipulation
- **Personality:** Refined
- **Role:** Antagonist
- **Voiced by:** Minaguchi Yuuko

### Ibuse Izaya (井伏 依沙也)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Clothes:** Necktie, Belt
- **Subject of:** Homicide, Poisoning
- **Personality:** Eccentric, Cinephile
- **Role:** Film Director
- **Voiced by:** Souma Yukito

### Kotoshiro Ayane (琴城 絢音)
A girl from the esteemed Kotoshiro family of Shimane. She is simple-minded and friendly, but can also be strong-willed and selfish. She is dating Kazuya Makida, who works for her, and even thinks she wants to get married.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Pink
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Dress, Pendant Necklace
- **Personality:** Friendly, Vindictive, Sly, Stylish
- **Role:** Niece, Cousin, Wealthy, Fiction Within Fiction
- **Engages in:** Murder
- **Body:** Nail Polish
- **Subject of:** Arrest
- **Voiced by:** Yamakita Saki

### Makita Kazuya (巻田 和哉)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Shirt, Pendant Necklace
- **Role:** Employee, Fiction Within Fiction
- **Voiced by:** Fujita Yuuki

### Shiba Wakako (柴 和香子)
A college student majoring in historical literature. On days without lectures and on days off, shes works part-time taking care of her professor’s wife in exchange for being able to freely read his history books.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Bun, Blunt Bangs
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Bookworm
- **Engages in:** Cleaning
- **Role:** University Student, Part-time Worker
- **Voiced by:** Noto Arisa

### Shiraishi Hina (白石 陽奈)
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Shoulder-length, Blunt Bangs
- **Clothes:** Dress, Earrings, Necklace
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Criminal Accomplice, Unwilling Antagonist, Flutist
- **Personality:** Distrustful
- **Subject of:** Grief
- **Engages in:** Performing Arts
- **Voiced by:** Matsubara Natsumi

### Toriyama Chisa (鳥山智佐)
She is in charge of fine arts in the “Iwami Kagura Miho Troupe.” She is a cheerful woman who is slightly plump, but has a solid build. She gives off the impression of a tough and loving mother.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Bandanna, Band-aid, Baggy Pants
- **Engages in:** Performing Arts
- **Voiced by:** Mugiho Anna

### Yagumo Sakuya (八雲 咲夜)
A mysterious, quick-witted girl. Her appearance gives off a lively impression.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Clothes:** Necktie, Shorts, Sandals, Hair Flower
- **Role:** Actor, Younger Sister
- **Voiced by:** Tsukino Moa

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://www.root-film.com/)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **2020-07-03**: Root Film - Trial Version - [Official website](https://www.root-film.com/), [PlayStation Store (JP)](https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/product/JP0117-CUSA23500_00-2132318558328232)
- **2020-07-30**: Root Film - JP Physical Edition - [Official website](http://www.root-film.com/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=29877), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70d3vj)
- **2020-07-30**: Root Film - JP Physical Edition - [Official website](http://www.root-film.com/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=29875), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70d3vt)
- **2020-07-30**: Root Film - JP Download Edition - [Official website](http://www.root-film.com/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=29877), [PlayStation Store (JP)](https://store.playstation.com/ja-jp/product/JP0117-CUSA17907_00-ROOTFILM00000000)
- **2020-07-30**: Root Film - JP Download Edition - [Official website](http://www.root-film.com/), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=29875)

### Korean
- **2020-07-30**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Trial Edition - [PlayStation Store (HK)](https://store.playstation.com/en-hk/product/HP5846-CUSA23818_00-DEMO000000000000)
- **2020-08-06**: Root Film - Regular Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/kr/)
- **2020-08-06**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Download Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/zh/), [Nintendo (HK)](https://store.nintendo.com.hk/70010000031180)
- **2020-08-06**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Download Edition - [PlayStation Store (HK)](https://store.playstation.com/en-hk/product/HP5846-CUSA19473_00-PKG000000000GAME)
- **2020-12-03**: Root Film - Regular Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/kr/)
- **2020-12-03**: Root Film - Download Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/kr/)

### Chinese (traditional)
- **2020-07-30**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Trial Edition - [PlayStation Store (HK)](https://store.playstation.com/en-hk/product/HP5846-CUSA23818_00-DEMO000000000000)
- **2020-08-06**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Download Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/zh/), [Nintendo (HK)](https://store.nintendo.com.hk/70010000031180)
- **2020-08-06**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Regular Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/zh/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70elhv)
- **2020-08-06**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Regular Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/zh/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70eqrp)
- **2020-08-06**: Fanggen Jiaojuan - Download Edition - [PlayStation Store (HK)](https://store.playstation.com/en-hk/product/HP5846-CUSA19473_00-PKG000000000GAME)
- **2020-12-03**: Root Film - Download Edition - [Official website](https://cloudedleopardent.com/game/root-film/kr/)

### English
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - US Physical Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/)
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - US Physical Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70d3vx)
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - EU Physical Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70d3wh)
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - US Download Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/), [PlayStation Store (NA)](https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP4293-CUSA18071_00-ROOTFILM00000PS4)
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - EU Download Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/), [PlayStation Store (EU)](https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP4293-CUSA18070_00-RTFILM0000000PS4)
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - EU Physical Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/), [PlayAsia](https://www.play-asia.com/13/70d3wl)
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - US Download Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/)
- **2021-03-19**: Root Film - EU Download Edition - [Official website](https://pqube.co.uk/root-film/)

### Spanish
- **TBA**: Root Film - [Official website](https://tradusquare.es/proyectos/root-film/)

## Tags
Mystery, ADV, Male Protagonist, Female Protagonist, Multiple Protagonists, Adult Protagonist, Linear Plot, Murder Mystery, Suicide, Modern Day Japan, No Sexual Content, Dying Heroine, Female Protagonist for a Short Time, Map Movement, Detective Work, Police, Episodic Story, Built-in Walkthrough, Japanese Mythology, Actress Heroine, No Romance Plot, Flat Tints Only, Actor/Actress Protagonist, Protagonist with Voice Acting

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