Asako I & II

Sinopse

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.

6.8
2018
Released
2h 0m

Erika Karata

Masahiro Higashide

Rio Yamashita

Sairi Ito

Koji Seto

Daichi Watanabe

Koji Nakamoto

Misako Tanaka

Takeshi Ōnishi

Ariei Umefune

Art Exhibition Employee

Nao Okabe

Takao Kin

Maki Nishiyama

Atsushi Honma

Ryohei's Colleague

Ryotaro Yonemura

Fusako Urabe

Cry Woman

Status

Released

Original Language

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Reviews

@badelf10 months ago

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