Akashi (2025)
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.
Cast
Mayumi Yoshida
Kana
Hana Kino
Grandma
Ryo Tajima
Hiro
Chieko Matsubara
Wakako
Kunio Murai
Grandpa
Jess McLeod
Shelby
Shun Sugata
Tadashi
annie the clumsy
Mika
Kenji Masaki
Nobu
Hiro Kanagawa
Cab Driver
Bun Kimura
Young Grandpa
