Akashi (2025)
あかし
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.
- Date of release
- 2025-10-05
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mayumi Yoshida
Casting
- 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
- Yuko Kii — Tomomi
- Yuriko Ohnuma — Seiko
- Shohei Yamazaki — Koji
Interesting facts
Akashi is a Canadian drama film. It was written, directed and starred Mayumi Yoshida, in her feature-length directorial debut, and produced by Yoshida, Nach Dudsdeemaytha and Tyler Hagan.
Production
Akashi was Yoshida's full-length directorial debut. The film was an expansion of her 2017 short film of the same title. It entered production in December 2023 in Tokyo, with some later location shooting in Vancouver.
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