Asako I & II
Netemo sametemo
One woman, two loves. When Asako meets Baku, sparks fly the moment their eyes meet. But six months later, Baku disappears without a trace as suddenly and
overwhelmingly as he came into her life. Some years later, Asako meets a man who
bears an uncanny resemblance to Baku – at first she doesn’t understand why he pretends
not to know her and introduces himself as Ryohei…
Love appears in Asako’s calm world – presented in this adaptation from the novel with a sharp eye for the everyday – as a capricious, compelling force of nature.
In spite of their physical similarity, the adventurous, unattached Baku and the more
cautious, reliable Ryohei (both played by Higashide Masahiro) are complete
opposites; but then, is the woman who can love two such different personalities
really one and the same? The complex world of Asako’s emotions re-emerges when Baku
unexpectedly re-appears in her life.
Film details
- Countries of production
- France, Japan
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 119'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
