MOVIE · 2023

Japino

Drama71 min

Working in Japan as bar dancers, Ayu and Aki are each facing a life-changing decision: Ayu is searching for her father, a local man, while Aki is deciding whether to have an abortion. As their lives begin to overlap, each woman’s choices start to shape the other’s future. Denise Esteban and Vince Rillon are among the film’s central cast in a drama focused on Filipino identity abroad, family strain, and the cultural distance between the Philippines and Japan.