Film at Lincoln Center - Damrosch Park
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Passion (2008)
A remarkable sophomore feature from one of today's preeminent auteurs. 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. Alr... more
A remarkable sophomore feature from one of today's preeminent auteurs. 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, (Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy) Passion exemplifies the wellspring of Hamaguchi's rich and nuanced vivisection of relationships in the 21st century. Following a couple, Kaho (Aoba Kawai, also of Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy) 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.
MPAA RATING: No Rating
RUN TIME: 115 minutes
RELEASE DATE: April 14, 2023
STARRING: Aoba Kawai , Fusako Urabe , Nao Okabe , Ryuta Okamoto , Kiyohiko Shibukawa
DIRECTOR(S): Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
PRODUCER(S): Satoshi Fujii
WRITER(S): Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
STUDIO: Film Movement
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