Passion

Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, Film Movement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, Film Movement launched the reissue label Film Movement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.

When Kaho (Aoba Kawai) and Tomoya (Ryuta Okamoto) announce their engagement at a celebratory dinner with friends, they are unprepared for the emotional turmoil that is unleashed once a prior infidelity comes to light. Later that evening, Tomoya is invited to the apartment of his former classmate, Takako (Fusako Urabe), leading to further revelations of passion and indiscretion. 

The debut theatrical feature from one of today’s preeminent auteurs, PASSION displays Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s rich and nuanced insight into modern relationships while establishing the thematic foundations for his later films such as Happy Hour, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, and the Oscar-winning Drive My Car.

directed by: Various
starring: Aoba Kawai, Fusako Urabe, Nao Okabe, Ryuta Okamoto Tiernan, Annie Lennox, Nigel Terry
2008 / 115 min / 16:9/1.78:1 / Japanese 5.1 surround & 2.0 stereo

Additional info:

• Region Free Blu-ray
  
• Introduction by director Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• "From Passion to Fortune": video essay by film and theatre writer Kenji Fujishima
• English subtitles