Akashi

Name: Akashi
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 hr 40 min
Cast: Mayumi Yoshida, Hana Kino, Ryo Tajima, Chieko Matsubara, Kunio Murai

Movie

StarringMayumi YoshidaHana KinoRyo Tajima

DirectorMayumi Yoshida

WriterMayumi Yoshida

NR 1 hr 40 minDrama

Plot

Akashi is a multigenerational love story told across parallel timelines. Kana, a struggling artist in Vancouver, returns to Tokyo for her grandmother’s funeral, feeling out of place after ten years abroad. As she reflects on a secret only she and her grandmother shared—that her grandfather had another lover—she unexpectedly reconnects with an old love, Hiro. Intercut with the past, which traces her grandfather’s decades-long affair, Kana confronts hidden family truths and begins to navigate the complexities of love, sacrifice, and the choices that shape a life between desire and duty.

Movie Details Full Cast & Crew

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese

Executive Producers:Justin Ambrosino, Mallory Schwartz, Evan Dyal, Julie Waters

Production Companies:Crave, Experimental Forest Films, flag, Hollywood Suite, Musubi Arts, Tokyo Film Commission, Téléfilm Canada, Watermark Media

Akashi on the Web:Instagram