Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Film screening of Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021). Part of the Walker Art Center series “Ryūsuke Hamaguchi: Effect and Cause.” Ryūsuke Hamaguchi navigates the depths of decisions and their repercussions in this three-part film. From a twist-ending love triangle between friends to a revenge plot gone wrong at a university and role-playing love’s impacts, the film’s anthology of stories bares the psychological rigors of chance and choice with equal parts irony and tenderness. 2021, Japan, DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles, 121 min. Copresented by the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment in Asian Studies.