Rubaiyat Hossain's acclaimed film, "Shimu: Made in Bangladesh", hit local theatres on March 11. Now, it is set to release in Japan on April 16.

The director announced the news via her Facebook account, sharing that the movie will be released in 15 theatres across Japan, including in cities like Tokyo, Hokkaido, and Okinawa.

Pandora is the Japanese distributor of "Shimu: Made in Bangladesh", while the Japanese subtitles for the film were done by students of Osaka Women's University.