Akashi (2025)
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.
Director: Mayumi Yoshida
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Mayumi Yoshida as Kana |
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Hana Kino as Grandma |
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Ryo Tajima as Hiro |
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Chieko Matsubara as Wakako |
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Kunio Murai as Grandpa |
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Jess McLeod as Shelby |
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Shun Sugata as Tadashi |
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annie the clumsy as Mika |
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Kenji Masaki as Nobu |
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Yuko Kii as Tomomi |
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Yuriko Ohnuma as Seiko |
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Shohei Yamazaki as Koji |
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Tyson Ohya as Ryu |
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Hiro Kanagawa as Cab Driver |
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Sayaka Kunisada as Young Wakako |
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Bun Kimura as Young Grandpa |
| Directing | Mayumi Yoshida | Director |
| Writing | Mayumi Yoshida | Writer |
| Editing | Nach Dudsdeemaytha | Editor |
| Camera | Jaryl Lim | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Andrew Yong Hoon Lee | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Tyler Hagan | Producer |
| Production | Nach Dudsdeemaytha | Producer |
| Production | Justin Ambrosino | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mallory Schwartz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Evan Dyal | Executive Producer |
| Production | Julie Waters | Executive Producer |
