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Sep 1, 2018 · Asako I & II: Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. With Masahiro Higashide, Erika Karata, Sairi Itô, Kôji Nakamoto. 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.
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- Drama, Romance
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- 2018-09-01
Asako I & II (寝ても覚めても, Netemo Sametemo, "whether asleep or awake") is a 2018 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, starring Masahiro Higashide and Erika Karata. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Hamaguchi and co-writer Sachiko Tanaka (adapting Tomoka Shibasaki's source novel) present Asako ( Erika Karata ), a young woman who tries to maintain a relationship with her devoted boyfriend Ryohei (Masahigro Higashide), as a woman who is acting for her partner and herself.
May 17, 2019 · Asako meets and falls madly in love with drifter Baku who one day drifts right out of her life. Two years later, working in Tokyo, Asako sees Baku again -- or, rather, a young, solid...
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- Masahiro Higashide
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- Romance, Drama
May 16, 2019 · The bewitching and sometimes unsettling Japanese romantic drama “Asako I & II” begins in the early 2000s. Outside an Osaka art gallery that’s hosting an exhibition by the photographer Shigeo ...
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Asako I & II. Asako and Baku share an intense, all-consuming romance—but one day the moody Baku ups and vanishes. Two years later, having moved from Osaka to Tokyo, Asako meets Baku's exact double. 64 IMDb 7.0 1 h 59 min 2018. X-Ray 16+.
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