Asako I & II

College student Asako falls in love at first sight with Baku after meeting at a photography exhibit. Romance sparks between the two but doesn't last long when Baku suddenly disappears from her life. Two years later, she spots a man that bears a striking resemblance to him. Even though it is only his physical similarities to Baku that attracted her to him, she doesn't say so and starts dating the soft-spoken young man called Ryohei.

Keywords

  • Best Novels Adaptation
  • Best Novels Adaptation (home)
  • Cannes: En compétition
  • Coming of Age
  • Festival de Cannes
  • First Love
  • Impossible Love
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Japanese Cinema
  • Love Story
  • relationship

Actors

  • Erika Karata
  • Masahiro Higashide
  • Rio Yamashita
  • Sairi Ito
  • Koji Seto

Director

  • Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Drama, Romance

1h 59min

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Japan
2018
College student Asako falls in love at first sight with Baku after meeting at a photography exhibit. Romance sparks between the two but doesn't last long when Baku suddenly disappears from her life. Two years later, she spots a man that bears a striking resemblance to him. Even though it is only his physical similarities to Baku that attracted her to him, she doesn't say so and starts dating the soft-spoken young man called Ryohei.

College student Asako falls in love at first sight with Baku after meeting at a photography exhibit. Romance sparks between the two but doesn't last long when Baku suddenly disappears from her life. Two years later, she spots a man that bears a striking resemblance to him. Even though it is only his physical similarities to Baku that attracted her to him, she doesn't say so and starts dating the soft-spoken young man called Ryohei.


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