Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

Original title

偶然と想像

Directed by

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

M

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 362 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three stories follow people whose paths cross by chance. A woman confronts a past lover through a friend. A professor is set up for a trap by a student. Two women meet and share a surprising connection.

intimatethoughtfulslow-pacedcontemplativepoignantserendipitousquiethumanistic

What happens

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Japanese: 偶然と想像, Hepburn: Gūzen to Sōzō; lit. "Chance and Imagination") is a 2021 Japanese romantic drama anthology film written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The film stars Kotone Furukawa, Katsuki Mori, and Fusako Urabe as the lead actresses of each of the anthology's three segments. The film was previewed online and in cinemas in four cities across the world to buyers, the press, and the festival juries in the Competition of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival from March 1–5, 2021, after which it was awarded the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. It had its public world premiere at the 22nd Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival on March 23. It was first released nationally in cinemas in Denmark, on July 29, 2021. It was not released across Japan until December 17 the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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