Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)
(Gûzen to sôzô)
Country: JAP
Technical: col 121m
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Cast: Kotone Furukawa, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Fusako Urabe, Aoba Kawai
Synopsis:
Three stories illustrate less orthodox routes to erotic relationships via manipulation, seduction and roleplay.
Review:
Hamaguchi's conversational style lends itself well to these inventive, unconventional love stories: the characters talk through their stratagems with disarming honesty, if also at some length! The director explores first the need to be loved exclusively, even if not in love (or capable of loving?); secondly, the power of writing to provide a conduit for mutual attraction; and thirdly, how past feelings can be exorcised by proxy, if the new partner elicits the required connection.
(Gûzen to sôzô)
Country: JAP
Technical: col 121m
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Cast: Kotone Furukawa, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Fusako Urabe, Aoba Kawai
Synopsis:
Three stories illustrate less orthodox routes to erotic relationships via manipulation, seduction and roleplay.
Review:
Hamaguchi's conversational style lends itself well to these inventive, unconventional love stories: the characters talk through their stratagems with disarming honesty, if also at some length! The director explores first the need to be loved exclusively, even if not in love (or capable of loving?); secondly, the power of writing to provide a conduit for mutual attraction; and thirdly, how past feelings can be exorcised by proxy, if the new partner elicits the required connection.
(Gûzen to sôzô)
Country: JAP
Technical: col 121m
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Cast: Kotone Furukawa, Hyunri, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Katsuki Mori, Fusako Urabe, Aoba Kawai
Synopsis:
Three stories illustrate less orthodox routes to erotic relationships via manipulation, seduction and roleplay.
Review:
Hamaguchi's conversational style lends itself well to these inventive, unconventional love stories: the characters talk through their stratagems with disarming honesty, if also at some length! The director explores first the need to be loved exclusively, even if not in love (or capable of loving?); secondly, the power of writing to provide a conduit for mutual attraction; and thirdly, how past feelings can be exorcised by proxy, if the new partner elicits the required connection.