Synopsis
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) is a Japanese drama anthology you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival. Three separate stories. Three women. Three moments where a single accidental encounter reshapes everything.
In the first segment, a woman giving her friend a ride home slowly realises that the man her friend is falling for is her own ex. The second follows a student who sets a trap for a literary prize-winning professor who once blocked her graduation. The third brings together two strangers who mistake each other for someone from their respective pasts — and find that one mistaken identity is enough to finally say what they could never say to the real person.
Hamaguchi builds each story from conversation rather than incident: long takes, careful listening, words that arrive late or sideways. Released the same year as Drive My Car, this quieter film is equally precise about the gap between what people feel and what they can actually say. Stream Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021) online on iFILM.
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