An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction, and a chance encounter with the past…. Propelled by coincidence and imagination, and guided by love’s gentle current, acclaimed director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour, Asako I & II) -- also director of Drive My Car, Japan’s Oscar entry for Best International Film at this year’s Academy Awards® -- returns with an enchanting triptych that spins mundane encounters into a world of infinite possibilities. Playfully inspired by life’s tiny miracles, and bound together by memory, regret, deception and fate, Hamaguchi leaves no stone unturned in his quest to chart the ever-deepening mysteries of the all-too-human heart.
On many top critics “Best of” lists for 2021, WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY – a critical darling and audience favorite during its theatrical run garnered a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. The drama was #9 in Manohla Dargis’ “Top 10 of 2021” in The New York Times, saying it “[has] moments of beauty and grace along with amazing, complex rivers of words...”
Continue reading: Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Jan. 18 from Film Movement in News.
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