---
title: 'Picnic (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Shunji Iwai'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/picnic-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117338/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Picnic (1996)

1996 · 72 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: PiCNiC

## Synopsis

Picnic , also stylized as PiCNiC, is a 1996 Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai. It was released in 1996, with shooting taking place in 1994. The film follows three patients of a mental asylum who misinterpret a passage from the Bible as a sign that the end of the world is imminent, and escape from the walls of the facility to find a place to picnic and watch the event.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Screenplay:** [Shunji Iwai](https://cinepixo.com/people/shunji-iwai)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Reimy](https://cinepixo.com/people/reimy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Noboru Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/noboru-shinoda)

## Cast

- [Chara](https://cinepixo.com/people/chara)
- [Keiichi Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiichi-suzuki)
- [Tadanobu Asano](https://cinepixo.com/people/tadanobu-asano)
- [Kazue Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazue-ito)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/picnic-1996
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