Takumi (Hitoshi Omika) lives in peace with his young daughter, Hana (Ryo Nishikawa), in the rural village of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo. News breaks that a company wants to convert some of the forests that the town relies on into a glamping resort so that the city folk can experience a taste of the…
Tag: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
A love triangle between two friends. A seduction trap went awry. A chance encounter between two ex-lovers. These are the stories of love, anger, and loss that fill the screen in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s anthology Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, released in the USA by Film Movement after an acclaimed festival run. The film opens with…
Drive My Car
Yūsuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an acclaimed theatre actor who is married to Oto (Reika Kirishima), an accomplished screenwriter. Their relationship is fraught with tragedy having lost a young daughter to pneumonia, and to escape the troubles of his home life, Yūsuke often goes for drives to clear his mind – a hobby that is jeopardized…
The Marquee Topic 