Asako I & II

6.8(198)20182h 0m

DramaRomance

Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.

Director

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

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Cast

Masahiro Higashide

Baku / Ryohei

Erika Karata

Asako

Koji Seto

Kushihashi

Rio Yamashita

Maya

Sairi Ito

Haruyo

Daichi Watanabe

Okazaki

Koji Nakamoto

Hirakawa

Misako Tanaka

Eiko

Takeshi Ōnishi

Ariei Umefune

Art Exhibition Employee

Nao Okabe

Atsushi Kaneshige

Reviews

1 review

badelf

1y ago

8.0

With this film (following Happy Hour), Hamaguchi cements his role as the ultimate diviner of the chaos of human emotion. Few other directors can navigate this terrain with the empathic thoroughness of Hamaguchi. In "Asako I & II", Hamaguchi explores love's most mercurial landscape through a narrative of uncanny resemblance and emotional displacement. The film's subtle genius lies in its explora...