Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) - January 11, 2022

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Film Movement will be releasing the critically acclaimed film Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) from director Ryusuke Hamaguchi on January 11th.

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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 Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour, Asako I & II) returns with an enchanting triptych that spins mundane encounters into a world of infinite possibilities. In Episode 1: Magic (or Something Less Assuring), a young woman is startled when she realizes that her best friend’s new flame might just be her ex; in Episode 2: Door Wide Open, a disgruntled student plots to trick his college professor, using his friend-with-benefits as bait; and in Episode 3: Once Again, a girl’s college reunion leads to an unanticipated run-in with an old friend, and awakens feelings long since forgotten. 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.

Blu-ray Features

Interview with Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Short Film:

The Chicken
Directed by Neo Sora
USA
English and Japanese with English subtitles
14 minutes

Hiro, a young Japanese immigrant in New York City, faces a complex dilemma when he can’t bring himself to butcher the live chicken he bought for dinner.

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) | Trailer | Ryûsuke Hamaguchi - YouTube