2018 · drama · romance
Asako I & II
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi2h 0m2018
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.
Our read: Asako I & II (2018) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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