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Passion

Film Movement | Release Date: April 14, 2023

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 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]

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Runtime:	115 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Official Site:	https://www.filmmovement.com/passion
Production:	Tokyo University of the Arts
Genres:	Drama, Romance
Country:	JP
Language:	Japanese

Director	Credit
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	Director

Writer	Credit
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi	Screenplay

Principal Cast	Credit
Aoba Kawai	Principal Cast
Fusako Urabe	Principal Cast
Kiyohiko Shibukawa	Principal Cast
Nao Okabe	Principal Cast
Ryuta Okamoto	Principal Cast
Yue	Principal Cast

Producer	Credit
Satoshi Fujii	Producer