Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo)
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Synopsis
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.
Cast
- Masahiro Higashide
- Erika Karata
- Koji Seto
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- Jan 9, 2019
The sea and the sky may look a lot like each other, but they are not the same. What she dreamt of and what she got. Asako tilts toward the unattainable, the eternal which will always return, but finds herself in the end reconciling with the mundane, with someone who has…
Diogo SerafimOct 11, 2018i’ve heard the complaints (some just straight up nonsensical) but i think the biggest one is re asako’s character development — how she feels like a shell of a human in a movie full of meatier characters. i disagree! and second time around, i felt so achingly for her and,…
KYKSep 15, 2018Love is the cruelest thing. Sort of Rohmer’s A Tale of Winter in a world touched by capital instead of God. So many good details, so much emotional strain spread throughout. Jitan is a great cat and got to star in the best most honest shot of a cat in all movies.
Filipe Furtado - Sep 4, 2019
Most of us are always split on what we want, wanting the best of both worlds. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi brilliantly illustrates that with Asako I & II. And while the desire to be both with an aloof, mysterious, reckless, and sensual lover and a more stable, reliable, wholly…
Brian FormoJan 9, 2019Asako you dumbass
DozzyrokJan 15, 2025a perfect storm. that shot of them on the road…knew i was in for something special 💔💔💔
Karsten - Dec 17, 2023
how it feels to be a girl who caused all of her own problems
estherAug 29, 2019takes root in you and refuses to let go. just gorgeous in every way.
ianaMay 1, 2022Sometimes closure of a murky past isn’t worth squandering the beauty of the present.
Jerry
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- Lucia lovedAsako I & II
beautifully traumatizing
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Metacritic
May 17, 2018
Hamaguchi exhibits a careful, un-showy command of the frame, and a talent for creating small, sometimes comic surprises through editing.
A.A. Dowd
The A.V. Club
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.
Giovanni Marchini Camia
The Film Stage
May 17, 2018
This is an amusing essay in amorous delusion.
Peter Bradshaw
The Guardian
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo) (2019)?
The movie is 1hr 59min long.
What's Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo) (2019) about?
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.
Who's the cast of Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo) (2019)?
- Masahiro Higashide as Baku, Ryôhei
- Erika Karata as Asako
- Koji Seto
Who's the director behind Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo) (2019)?
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi directed Asako I & II (Netemo Sametemo) (2019).
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