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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Movie
2021
2h 1m
Japanese
Drama, Romance
User Score: 
7.6
Critic Score: 
93
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy' Poster
An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Poster

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Movie
2021
2h 1m
Japanese
Drama, Romance
An unexpected love triangle, a seduction trap, and a random encounter are the three episodes, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.6
IMDB
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
93

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Directed By: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
Written By: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

Featured Comments/Tips

Saint Pauly says...
3 years ago
All the boredom of Drive My Car, except this time there's not even a car. Three romance short stories that look like they'd be more interesting to read than watch.
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manicure says...
3 years ago
Three apparently simple stories pulled off with Hamaguchi's elegance and subtlety in both writing and directing. As the original title "Chance and Imagination" suggests, all events start as merely the result of fate, but are ultimately unraveled through the characters’ fantasies. The interminably long takes with just people talking might not appeal to everyone, but I thought it was an interesting anthology nevertheless. As with “Drive My Car”, I like how Hamaguchi always manages to throw in weird deadpan gags during the most intense moments to loosen the tension. Unfortunately, the level of the performances is rather uneven. Especially in the first two stories, it often felt like the actors couldn’t fully express the subtlety of the script.
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Anskirn says...
3 years ago
Each episode was filled with little surprises and full of human emotions.
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Featured User Reviews

badelf
2 years ago
Hamaguchi, as always, demonstrates here exactly why he is the current living cinema-master of exactly what it means to be "human". With these three shorts, he once again captures the essence of who "we" are, and with the very same brush strokes, also the zen of "there is no judgement, only consequen More
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griggs79
2 weeks ago
Like a Matryoshka doll, this film moves from one story to the next, revealing layer after layer, each more intricate and captivating than the last.
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