Asako I & II

Netemo sametemo

Genre

Drama, Romance

Director

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Run time

1h 59min

Cast

Masahiro Higashide, Erika Karata, Sairi Itô

Commercial film debut from Hamaguchi Ryusuke, whose previous work “Happy Hour” won the Best Actress award at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival. Brings a sensitive touch to depicting the emotions of a woman vacillating between two men with the same face.

Salaryman Ryohei (Higashide Masahiro) falls in love with Asako (Karata Erika), who works at a cafe. Although Asako is confounded by the straight-laced Ryohei, she finds herself drawn to him. They get to know each other better, but Asako has a secret she can't share with him. His face is exactly the same as her ex-boyfriend Baku (Higashide), who she fell for hard in a fateful romance.

This film screening is part of Japan Month. Japan Mont is a series of events that take place for a month in October. The aim is to introduce the wonderful culture of Japan to those who are interested in knowing more about the land of the rising sun.

This event is being organized in cooperation with Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in Estonia.

Entrance for this film screening is free! Free tickets will be available in the box office starting from 1h before the screening.

Read more about Japan Month: www.animatsuri.eu

Genre

Drama, Romance

Director

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Run time

1h 59min

Cast

Masahiro Higashide, Erika Karata, Sairi Itô

Commercial film debut from Hamaguchi Ryusuke, whose previous work “Happy Hour” won the Best Actress award at the 68th Locarno International Film Festival. Brings a sensitive touch to depicting the emotions of a woman vacillating between two men with the same face.

Salaryman Ryohei (Higashide Masahiro) falls in love with Asako (Karata Erika), who works at a cafe. Although Asako is confounded by the straight-laced Ryohei, she finds herself drawn to him. They get to know each other better, but Asako has a secret she can't share with him. His face is exactly the same as her ex-boyfriend Baku (Higashide), who she fell for hard in a fateful romance.

This film screening is part of Japan Month. Japan Mont is a series of events that take place for a month in October. The aim is to introduce the wonderful culture of Japan to those who are interested in knowing more about the land of the rising sun.

This event is being organized in cooperation with Japan Foundation and the Embassy of Japan in Estonia.

Entrance for this film screening is free! Free tickets will be available in the box office starting from 1h before the screening.

Read more about Japan Month: www.animatsuri.eu

Info

Rating

(none)

Production year

2018

Global distributor

MK2 Films

Local distributor

AniMatsuri

In cinema

10/15/2019