Asako I & II

Asako I & II

119 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 1, 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.

Asako I & II

119 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 1, 2018

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.

IMDb rating	7.1
Producers	Bitters End, Comme des Cinémas, C&I Entertainment, Nagoya Broadcasting Network
Original title	寝ても覚めても
Directors	Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Writers	Tomoka Shibasaki, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sachiko Tanaka

Cast

Erika Karata

as Asako

Masahiro Higashide

as Baku / Ryohei

Rio Yamashita

as Maya

Sairi Ito

as Haruyo

Koji Seto

as Kushihashi

Daichi Watanabe

as Okazaki

Kôji Nakamoto

as Hirakawa

Misako Tanaka

as Eiko

Takeshi Ōnishi

as

Ariei Umefune

as Art Exhibition Employee

Nao Okabe

as

Atsushi Kaneshige

as

Takao Kin

as

Maki Nishiyama

as

Atsushi Honma

as Ryohei's Colleague

Tatsuo Kobayashi

as Theater Employee

Ryotaro Yonemura

as

Fusako Urabe

as Cry Woman