Drama Digest
“Wheel of fortune and fantasy” is the story of three women dealing with the problems of modern relationships in different situations. It is an unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap, and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding. The story is told in three movements to depict three female characters. And traces the trajectories between their choices and regrets. In the first story, a young woman’s friend falls in love with her ex. Then a bitter student asks his lover to trap his professor. And last, two old friends meet again after 20 years.
The Feel-Good part
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy has its unassuming simplicity. The characters are taken aback by human interactions. The film has a lasting impact. Each story ends with short credits so that the viewers have clear ideas on them and are able to tie the characters together.
The Disappointing Part
Some critics mentioned as there has been an undeniable sort of distance between the viewers and the show for a while.
In-depth analysis
The first story is about a young woman; a model called Meiko, who has the magic power to stop and rewind time so she can play out a particular situation or conversation. One day she (Kotone Furukawa) was going home in a cab after a photoshoot with her friend, an art director called Gumi (Hyunri Lee). They were gossiping about the man that Gumi had started seeing. This individual opened up about his feelings on their date, talking about the ex, who broke his heart. After the discussion, Meiko was very thoughtful. She decides to see her ex who was a successful young businessman called Kaz (Ayumu Nakajima). It concludes with a teasing dual ending. The second is the darkest and deals with an attempted honeytrap seduction. A mature student called Nao (Katsuki Mori) is married with a child. She is having a secret affair with an undergraduate, Sasaki (Shouma Kai). He was flopped by his professor Segawa (Kiyohiko Shubukawa), an award-winning scholar and novelist. Angry and vengeful, Sasaki asks Nao to try seducing this man so that he will be disgraced. The final segment takes a gentle sci-fi premise. It relegates it to the background in favor of a story of mistaken identities between two women. Moka (Fusako Urabe) is a thirtysomething woman. She goes to a dismal high-school reunion. Later at the train station, she runs into the person she wanted to see, the woman who was her first love, Nana (Aoba Kawai). Though flustered and bewildered, they delighted to see each other. But it isn’t until halfway through their halting conversation that both women make an alarming discovery. It had an unexpected warmth and embrace. Hamaguchi shows how each situation is redeemed, or at any rate altered, by a kind of miracle.
Star Power
The director Ryusuke Hamaguchi reveals the chaos that exists beneath the human face that was never to be eradicated. Hamaguchi leaves each tale somewhat open-ended. It gave the illusion that these lives will continue after our attention has been diverted to the subsequent narrative.
Overall Opinion
In this movie, life is presented as a giant, tragic game of chance that requires its most privileged players to sacrifice and suppress their deepest desires. It remains mysterious even to those who know them best. It shows the roles we play for each other, not for ourselves, and how these interact with the caprices of fate.
