Award Winning Japanese Film
The Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is an award winning Japanese anthology, which includes three dramas in one film.
Each of the separate stories involves themes of love, choices and regret that will make you think as you are entertained.
You will step into the lives of the characters, so that you can get to know them intimately.
The situations and characters feel familiar, so it is easy to get drawn into the movie.
Perhaps, you’ll see similarities to your own life experiences or to people you know in the three romantic dramas.
The Japanese movie is not rated, but is best for adults due to the subject matter and subtitles.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Film Movement
Not Rated
Release Date 1/11/22
Synopsis
An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction, and a chance encounter with the past.
Propelled by coincidence and imagination, and guided by love’s gentle current, acclaimed director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi returns with an enchanting triptych that spins mundane encounters into a world of infinite possibilities.
In Episode 1: Magic (or Something Less Assuring), a young woman is startled when she realizes that her best friend’s new flame might just be her ex.
Then in Episode 2: Door Wide Open, a disgruntled student plots to trick his college professor, using his friend-with-benefits as bait.
Finally in Episode 3: Once Again, a girl’s college reunion leads to an unanticipated run-in with an old friend, and awakens feelings long since forgotten.
Playfully inspired by life’s tiny miracles, and bound together by memory, regret, deception, and fate, Hamaguchi leaves no stone unturned in his quest to chart the ever-deepening mysteries of the all-too-human heart.
Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Cast
Kotone Furukawa
Ayumu Nakajima
Hyunri
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Katsuki Mori
Shouma Kai
Fusako Urabe
Aoba Kawai
Genre
Drama
Romance
Language
Japanese with English Subtitles
Official Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Trailer
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