Komada – A Whisky Family

Kotaro visits the Komada Distillery to work on a project about Japanese craft whisky. He meets Rui, the young president who has taken over the family business. Together with the distillery staff, they attempt to recreate Koma, a signature whisky that the company stopped producing years ago. The effort is complicated by a lack of financial resources and the loss of many key details needed to revive the original recipe.

Directed by Masayuki Yoshihara, this animated drama is the second film in his career, following his 2007 work Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society. The screenplay was written by Muneo Nakamoto and Yukito Kizawa, with Kenji Horikawa serving as producer. The voice cast features Saori Hayami as Rui Komada, Kensho Ono as Kotaro Takahashi, and Maaya Uchida as Tomoko Kawabata, alongside Yoshimasa Hosoya, Shinpachi Tsuji, and Kenichi Suzumura.

Released in November 2023, the film has a runtime of 91 minutes. It has received generally positive feedback from viewers, holding a rating of 6.5/10 on IMDb based on 248 votes and a slightly higher score of 6.8/10 on TMDB from 13 votes.