Akashi (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.

Released Oct. 5, 2025 105 min None+

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Crave, Experimental Forest Films, Musubi Arts, Tokyo Film Commission, Téléfilm Canada + 3 more, Watermark Media, flag, Hollywood Suite

Country: Canada
Production Countries: Canada, Japan
Languages: Japanese, English