Asako I & II (2018)
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.
Director:
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Writers:
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sachiko Tanaka.
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Masahiro Higashide as Baku / Ryohei |
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Erika Karata as Asako |
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Koji Seto as Kushihashi |
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Rio Yamashita as Maya |
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Sairi Ito as Haruyo |
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Daichi Watanabe as Okazaki |
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Kōji Nakamoto as Hirakawa |
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Misako Tanaka as Eiko |
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Takeshi Ōnishi as |
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Ariei Umefune as Art Exhibition Employee |
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Nao Okabe as |
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Atsushi Kaneshige as |
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Takao Kin as |
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Maki Nishiyama as |
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Atsushi Honma as Ryohei's Colleague |
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Tatsuo Kobayashi as Theater Employee |
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Ryotaro Yonemura as |
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Fusako Urabe as Cry Woman |
| Production | Antoine Jouve | Production Manager |
| Directing | Yu Koreyasu | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Director |
| Writing | Tomoka Shibasaki | Novel |
| Writing | Ryusuke Hamaguchi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sachiko Tanaka | Screenplay |
| Sound | tofubeats | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Azusa Yamazaki | Editor |
| Production | Yuji Sadai | Producer |
| Production | Teruhisa Yamamoto | Producer |
| Production | Yasuhiko Hattori | Producer |
| Camera | Yasuyuki Sasaki | Director of Photography |
| Production | Koichiro Fukushima | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Miki Nomura | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Masa Sawada | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Mikisuke Shimazu | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shinji Hashimoto | Makeup & Hair |
| Art | Masato Nunobe | Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuya Shiraishi | Visual Effects Director |