Passion

Name: Passion
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: April 14, 2023
Duration: 115 min
Cast: Aoba Kawai, Fusako Urabe, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Nao Okabe, Ryuta Okamoto

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Film Movement | Release Date: April 14, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Aoba Kawai, Fusako Urabe, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Nao Okabe, Ryuta Okamoto, Yue

Summary: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Passion, his thesis project at Tokyo University of the Arts, lays the thematic foundations for what would become his internationally renowned body of work. Already trading in his recurrent themes of contemporary alienation and unrequited desire and catalyzing what would become lasting collaborations with actors such asRyusuke Hamaguchi’s Passion, his thesis project at Tokyo University of the Arts, lays the thematic foundations for what would become his internationally renowned body of work. Already trading in his recurrent themes of contemporary alienation and unrequited desire and catalyzing what would become lasting collaborations with actors such as Fusako Urabe, Passion exemplifies the wellspring of Hamaguchi’s rich and nuanced vivisection of relationships in the 21st century. Following a couple, Kaho (Aoba Kawai) and Tomoya (Ryuta Okamoto), whose engagement announcement among friends reveals a prior infidelity, Hamaguchi infuses the pairs subsequent reckoning and devolution with characteristic emotional clarity that culminates in a devastating finale. [Film Movement]… Expand

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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Sabina Dana Plasse

Apr 18, 2023

Although Passion concludes with hasty acts of passion and emotion, it does connect to a more significant issue of how love is fleeting and that commitment is the foundation for moving forward in a life worth living with someone. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Apr 10, 2023

Passion already finds Hamaguchi Ryûsuke to be a superb orchestrator of moods and tones. Read full review

Austin Considine

Apr 13, 2023

Passion has a low-fi, hangout feel, flush with the youthful indie energy and forgivable pretensions of an artist who believes that filmmaking matters. Hamaguchi is still a student but already finding his voice. Read full review

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