Asako I & II
2018 · Movie · NR · 120 min · ★ 6.8 · 73% critics
Asako lives in Osaka and falls for a free-spirited man who suddenly disappears. Two years later, she’s in Tokyo, where she meets another man who looks like him but seems completely different.
Based on Netemo Sametemo
Also known as At All Hours · Sleeping or Waking · Asako I and II
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Details
- Original title
- 寝ても覚めても
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-09-01
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (200 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to tender, uncanny romance and emotional self-reflection, you may enjoy Asako I & II; Not for you if you want strongly developed characters or wider conversation beyond the central love story, like in I Give My First Love to You or In This Corner of the World.
Pros: emotionally keen romance; gorgeous atmosphere; intriguing resemblance | Cons: character depth feels thin; dialogue leans one-topic
Themes
- earthquake
- disappearance
- osaka, japan
- tokyo, japan
Awards & recognition
- IFFR audience award · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Masahiro Higashide
as Baku / Ryohei
Erika Karata
as Asako
Koji Seto
as Kushihashi
Rio Yamashita
as Maya
Sairi Ito
as Haruyo
Daichi Watanabe
as Okazaki
Kōji Nakamoto
as Hirakawa
Misako Tanaka
as Eiko
Takeshi Ōnishi
Ariei Umefune
as Art Exhibition Employee
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi