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Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo)

  • Rated Not Rated
  • 1hr 59m
  • 68

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Writer:

Tomoka Shibasaki, Sachiko Tanaka, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Release Date:

May 10, 2019

Runtime:

1hr 59m

Synopsis

One day Asako's first love suddenly disappears. Two years later, she meets his perfect double. An official selection of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, Asako I & II is the newest film from Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, the acclaimed director of Happy Hour.

Cast

  • Masahiro Higashide
  • Erika Karata
  • Sairi Itô
  • Kôji Nakamoto
  • Kôji Seto
  • Misako Tanaka
  • Daichi Watanabe
  • Rio Yamashita

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Metacritic

68
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Based on 20 Critics
7.1

USER SCORE (9)

Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Reviews
83
May 17, 2018

Hamaguchi exhibits a careful, un-showy command of the frame, and a talent for creating small, sometimes comic surprises through editing.

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Metacritic review by A.A. Dowd
A.A. Dowd
The A.V. Club
67
May 17, 2018

As with the several other slight departures from realism, the artifice added to the story proves distracting. Without being successfully integrated, such choices fail to bestow the narrative with depth and pathos as intended, but only draw attention to the flimsiness of the its construction.

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Metacritic review by Giovanni Marchini Camia
Giovanni Marchini Camia
The Film Stage
60
May 17, 2018

This is an amusing essay in amorous delusion.

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Metacritic review by Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
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