Akashi

Akashi

105 mins | Drama | Oct. 5, 2025

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.

Akashi

105 mins | Drama | Oct. 5, 2025

Akashi
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.
Producers Téléfilm Canada, Experimental Forest Films, Crave, Musubi Arts, flag, Hollywood Suite, Watermark Media, Tokyo Film Commission
Original title あかし
Directors Mayumi Yoshida
Writers Mayumi Yoshida

Cast

Mayumi Yoshida

as Kana

Hana Kino

as Grandma

Ryo Tajima

as Hiro

Chieko Matsubara

as Wakako

Kunio Murai

as Grandpa

Jessica McLeod

as Shelby

Shun Sugata

as Tadashi

Kenji Masaki

as Nobu

Yuko Kii

as Tomomi

Yuriko Ohnuma

as Seiko

Shohei Yamazaki

as Koji

Tyson Ohya

as Ryu

Hiro Kanagawa

as Cab Driver

Sayaka Kunisada

as Young Wakako

Kimura Fumiya

as Young Grandpa