Film

Akashi

2025 · 1h 40m · Drama

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.

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

Tyson Ohya

Ryu

Hiro Kanagawa

Cab Driver

Sayaka Kunisada

Young Wakako

Bun Kimura

Young Grandpa

• Mayumi YoshidaDirector · Writer
• Nach DudsdeemaythaEditor · Producer
• Tyler HaganProducer
• Justin AmbrosinoExecutive Producer
• Mallory SchwartzExecutive Producer
• Evan DyalExecutive Producer
• Julie WatersExecutive Producer
• Jaryl LimDirector of Photography
• Andrew Yong Hoon LeeOriginal Music Composer

Release date

October 5, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama