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Asako I & II (2018)

6.8/10 1h 59m Sep 01, 2018
Drama Romance

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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Movie Details

Original Title 寝ても覚めても
Original Language JA
Status Released
Popularity 1.3

Cast

Erika Karata
Erika Karata
Asako
Popularity: 1.7
Masahiro Higashide
Masahiro Higashide
Baku / Ryohei
Popularity: 1.7
Rio Yamashita
Rio Yamashita
Maya
Popularity: 1.6
Sairi Ito
Sairi Ito
Haruyo
Popularity: 1.7
Koji Seto
Koji Seto
Kushihashi
Popularity: 1.4
Daichi Watanabe
Daichi Watanabe
Okazaki
Popularity: 1.3
Koji Nakamoto
Koji Nakamoto
Hirakawa
Popularity: 0.6
Misako Tanaka
Misako Tanaka
Eiko
Popularity: 1.6
Takeshi Ōnishi
Takeshi Ōnishi
Popularity: 0.8
Ariei Umefune
Ariei Umefune
Art Exhibition Employee
Popularity: 0.6
Nao Okabe
Nao Okabe
Popularity: 0.7
Atsushi Kaneshige
Atsushi Kaneshige
Popularity: 0.6

Key Crew

Director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
Screenplay Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Sachiko Tanaka
Editor Azusa Yamazaki
Producer Yuji Sadai, Teruhisa Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Hattori
Executive Producer Koichiro Fukushima

Production

C&I entertainment
JP
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
JP
Bitters End
JP
Comme des Cinémas
FR

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Reviews from TMDB

badelf 8/10
Feb 17, 2025

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 narra ... Read more

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Details
Release Date September 1, 2018
Runtime 1h 59m
Language JA
Status Released
Popularity 1.3
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