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Asako I & II

Original title: Netemo sametemo
  • 20182018
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
4.6K
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Asako I & II (2018)
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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 ... Read allAsako 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.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.
IMDb RATING
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4.6K
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    • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
    • Tomoka Shibasaki(based on the novel by)
    • Sachiko Tanaka(screenplay)
    • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Masahiro Higashide
    • Erika Karata
    • Sairi Itô
    • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
    • Tomoka Shibasaki(based on the novel by)
    • Sachiko Tanaka(screenplay)
    • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Masahiro Higashide
    • Erika Karata
    • Sairi Itô
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    • 12User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
    • 68Metascore
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    Asako I & II (2018)
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    Asako I & II (2018)
    Daichi Watanabe in Asako I & II (2018)
    Sairi Itô and Erika Karata in Asako I & II (2018)
    Kôji Seto in Asako I & II (2018)
    Rio Yamashita in Asako I & II (2018)
    Kôji Nakamoto and Masahiro Higashide in Asako I & II (2018)
    Masahiro Higashide and Erika Karata in Asako I & II (2018)
    Erika Karata in Asako I & II (2018)
    Masahiro Higashide and Erika Karata in Asako I & II (2018)

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    Masahiro Higashide
    Masahiro Higashide
    • Baku…
    Erika Karata
    • Asako
    Sairi Itô
    • Haruyo
    Kôji Nakamoto
    • Hirakawa
    Kôji Seto
    • Kushihashi
    Misako Tanaka
    • Eiko
    Daichi Watanabe
    • Okazaki
    Rio Yamashita
    • Maya
      • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
      • Tomoka Shibasaki(based on the novel by)
      • Sachiko Tanaka(screenplay)
      • Ryûsuke Hamaguchi(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The script utilizes homonym confusion about the character name Baku, the pronunciation of which is used for three different meanings:
      • a mythological creature that is said to eat up nightmares, which Haruyo alludes to when she first appears in a yakiniku bar
      • cereal crops like wheat or barley except for rice, which the kanji for the character name refers to, the same usage as in the title name "Bakushû" (Early Summer, or literally, "Barley Autumn") by Yasujirô Ozu
      • the animal tapir, when Ryôhei talks about the zoo and searches images on the smartphone.
    • Connections
      References Magnificent Obsession (1954)

    User reviews12

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    6/10
    Good Enough
    Sleeping or Waking was an odd movie.

    The story was good and the romance was really intense. I liked how they presented the relationship and its course. The two had great chemistry and that helped a lot with the progress of the drama. However, the ending twist was really not good. It felt out of the blue and kind of unexpected. Also, it annoyed me how the character did what she did and they didn't explained it properly.

    So, six and a half out of ten for sleeping or waking, because of the wierd ending and the not so great twist about the character who went missing.
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    • PennyReviews
    • Apr 11, 2019

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    • Release date
      • September 1, 2018 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Art House Films (France)
      • Bitters End (Japan)
      • Japanese
      • English
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      • Osaka, Japan
    • Production companies
      • C&I Entertainment
      • Bitters End
      • Comme des Cinémas
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    • 1 hour 59 minutes
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