Akashi

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2025 · 100 min · Drama

Overview

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.

Directed by Mayumi Yoshida

Cast

• Mayumi Yoshida — Kana
• Hana Kino — Grandma
• Ryo Tajima — Hiro
• Chieko Matsubara — Wakako
• Kunio Murai — Grandpa