Passion

Released Apr 14, 2023

1h 55m

Drama

Romance

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A remarkable sophomore feature from one of today's preeminent auteurs. Ryusuke Hamaguchi's PASSION, his thesis project at Tokyo University of the Arts, lays the thematic foundations for what would become his internationally renowned body of work. Already trading in his recurrent themes of contemporary alienation and unrequited desire and catalyzing what would become lasting collaborations with actors such as Fusako Urabe, (WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY) PASSION exemplifies the wellspring of Hamaguchi's rich and nuanced vivisection of relationships in the 21st century. Following a couple, Kaho (Aoba Kawai, also of WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY) and Tomoya (Ryuta Okamoto), whose engagement announcement among friends reveals a prior infidelity, Hamaguchi infuses the pairs subsequent reckoning and devolution with characteristic emotional clarity that culminates in a devastating finale.

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

Passion ultimately is like an enquiry that brings a specific movement in relationships to a conclusion at a given juncture, but hints at things still being in a circular formation—being, becoming, unravelling, and collapsing to start all over again.

Jun 8, 2023

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Austin Considine

New York Times

“Passion” has a low-fi, hangout feel, flush with the youthful indie energy and forgivable pretensions of an artist who believes that filmmaking matters. Hamaguchi is still a student but already finding his voice.

Apr 13, 2023

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Chuck Bowen

Slant Magazine

Passion already finds Hamaguchi Ryûsuke to be a superb orchestrator of moods and tones.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 9, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Gender stereotypes, acknowledgement of self-worth, and resistance to the demands of adulthood are some of the issues examined in this thoughtful drama.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 19, 2023

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Kathy Fennessy

Video Librarian Magazine

For all its imperfections...the film is remarkably self-assured for a thesis project. Over the next decade, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi would make great strides, but Passion proves he was a gifted filmmaker right from the start.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 11, 2023

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Diane Carson

KDHX (St. Louis)

Throughout the film’s two hours running time, these twenty-year-olds grapple with contradictory emotions as they vacillate between an external persona designed to protect themselves and an internal one of insecurities and emotional need.

May 12, 2023

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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Aoba Kawai

Kaho

Ryuta Okamoto

Tomoya

Fusako Urabe

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A remarkable sophomore feature from one of today's preeminent auteurs. Ryusuke Hamaguchi's PASSION, his thesis project at Tokyo University of the Arts, lays the thematic foundations for what would become his internationally renowned body of work. Already trading in his recurrent themes of contemporary alienation and unrequited desire and catalyzing what would become lasting collaborations with actors such as Fusako Urabe, (WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY) PASSION exemplifies the wellspring of Hamaguchi's rich and nuanced vivisection of relationships in the 21st century. Following a couple, Kaho (Aoba Kawai, also of WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY) and Tomoya (Ryuta Okamoto), whose engagement announcement among friends reveals a prior infidelity, Hamaguchi infuses the pairs subsequent reckoning and devolution with characteristic emotional clarity that culminates in a devastating finale.

Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Producer: Satoshi Fujii
Screenwriter: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Tokyo University of the Arts
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 14, 2023, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.8K
Runtime: 1h 55m

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