Passion

A birthday dinner of a happily engaged couple, an accidentally disclosed affair, and five lifelong friends entangled in love. Hamaguchi’s first feature, as well as his graduate work for his master’s degree in film at the Tokyo University of the Arts, reveals the concealed drama in life, stirs up the undercurrents of love, digs out the most exciting secrets in self-deceiving words, and gradually reveals the deepest desire of each and every individual there is. Backed by George Gershwin's blues piano piece, the film points out the ever-changing and unpredictable love and desires of men and women in the modern metropolis.