# Passion (2008)

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**Original title**: *PASSION*
**Runtime**: 117 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
**Written by**: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
**Starring**: Aoba Kawai, Ryuta Okamoto, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Fusako Urabe, Nao Okabe, Yui Sakuma

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

The Shining meets Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Two couples toast with champagne as one pair’s engagement announcement curdles into dinner-table psychodrama. Hamaguchi’s razor dialogue drags secrets into the light.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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