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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Mayumi YoshidaKana
Hana KinoGrandma
Ryo TajimaHiro
Chieko MatsubaraWakako
Kunio MuraiGrandpa
Jess McLeodShelby
Shun SugataTadashi
annie the clumsyMika
Kenji MasakiNobuExplore the crew
- Director
- Mayumi Yoshida
- Writer
- Mayumi Yoshida
- Editor
- Nach Dudsdeemaytha
- Director of Photography
- Jaryl Lim
- Original Music Composer
- Andrew Yong Hoon Lee
- Producer
- Tyler Hagan
- Producer
- Nach Dudsdeemaytha