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Asako I & II

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.

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Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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Box Office

$25,559

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Awards

3 wins & 10 nominations total

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Shigeo Gocho Photo Exhibition - Asako I & II

Shigeo Gocho Photo Exhibition

"Morning" is the character for "asa"? - Asako I & II

"Morning" is the character for "asa"?

And I realized you two attend
the same university. - Asako I & II

And I realized you two attend the same university.

Focus on eating dreams
and leave her alone. - Asako I & II

Focus on eating dreams and leave her alone.

Good-looking, sure, but he's bad news. - Asako I & II

Good-looking, sure, but he's bad news.

Okazaki is your name. Change it
if you don't want to be called that. - Asako I & II

Okazaki is your name. Change it if you don't want to be...

Well, I'm basically like his landlord. - Asako I & II

Well, I'm basically like his landlord.

He's just a distant relative
and lives upstairs. - Asako I & II

He's just a distant relative and lives upstairs.

Wow. So this is fate. - Asako I & II

Wow. So this is fate.

- You're not dancing?
- I don't know how. - Asako I & II

- You're not dancing? - I don't know how.

No problem.
Just dance however you feel like. - Asako I & II

No problem. Just dance however you feel like.

The kanji character for Baku is "wheat". - Asako I & II

The kanji character for Baku is "wheat".

His father is a cerealist in Hokkaido. - Asako I & II

His father is a cerealist in Hokkaido.

Isn't it a nice name?
Baku, meaning wheat. - Asako I & II

Isn't it a nice name? Baku, meaning wheat.

Guys don't fall for girls like Asako
at first sight. - Asako I & II

Guys don't fall for girls like Asako at first sight.

Come on, - Asako I & II

But it's amazing
you both didn't get hurt. - Asako I & II

But it's amazing you both didn't get hurt.

Nobu, - Asako I & II

Hold on, you have two.
I'm doing that, too! - Asako I & II

Hold on, you have two. I'm doing that, too!

- User the brighter ones.
- Over here. - Asako I & II

- User the brighter ones. - Over here.

Oh, Baku. Thanks. - Asako I & II

Oh, Baku. Thanks.

What are you saying?
I'm a woman too, you know. - Asako I & II

What are you saying? I'm a woman too, you know.

Any woman would blush
if a cute guy calls her name. - Asako I & II

Any woman would blush if a cute guy calls her name.

That's what happened to you,
right, Asako? - Asako I & II

That's what happened to you, right, Asako?

How nice. Brings back memories. - Asako I & II

How nice. Brings back memories.

In my younger days, I took
the bullet train to Tokyo just to have - Asako I & II

In my younger days, I took the bullet train to Tokyo just to...

It was a tiny apartment in Asagaya.
I ate quickly and went home. - Asako I & II

It was a tiny apartment in Asagaya. I ate quickly and went h...

Stop it.
I don't care how you and Dad fell in love. - Asako I & II

Stop it. I don't care how you and Dad fell in love.

We only have each other.
I can't help it! - Asako I & II

We only have each other. I can't help it!

- And in Tokyo again?
- Yes. - Asako I & II

- And in Tokyo again? - Yes.

If he's not downstairs,
then he's not home yet. - Asako I & II

If he's not downstairs, then he's not home yet.

No, it's not. It's normal for him
to be gone for weeks at a time. - Asako I & II

No, it's not. It's normal for him to be gone for w...

Maybe he wants to be alone. With his dad
in critical condition and all. - Asako I & II

Maybe he wants to be alone. With his dad in critical conditi...

Sorry. I bought bread, then found
an old public bath and went in. - Asako I & II

Sorry. I bought bread, then found an old public bath and wen...

I made friends with an old guy and went
to his house to drink and fell asleep... - Asako I & II

I made friends with an old guy and went to his house to drin...

It's okay. I'll come back even if I'm late
so don't worry. - Asako I & II

It's okay. I'll come back even if I'm late so...

I'll come back to you, Asako... - Asako I & II

I'll come back to you, Asako...

Six months later, - Asako I & II

Six months later,

ASAKO I & II - Asako I & II

No, I'm a newcomer so I'll do anything. - Asako I & II

No, I'm a newcomer so I'll do anything.

That pot's from the coffee shop
next door. Someone will come get it. - Asako I & II

That pot's from the coffee shop next door. Someone will...

It's nice having a place
that serves good coffee nearby. - Asako I & II

It's nice having a place that serves good coffee nearby...

I see, so that's a zoo after all. - Asako I & II

I see, so that's a zoo after all.

I've been on business
but it's my first time living here. - Asako I & II

I've been on business but it's my first time livin...

I'm an only child.
Is this some kind of questionnaire? - Asako I & II

I'm an only child. Is this some kind of questionnaire?

Are you saying I look like baku, tapirs? - Asako I & II

Are you saying I look like baku, tapirs?

Mom, I appreciate it but could you
send the rice later? - Asako I & II

Mom, I appreciate it but could you send the rice later?

Sorry, but work is still
taking up too much time. - Asako I & II

Sorry, but work is still taking up too much time.

Baku (tapir) Image - Asako I & II

Baku (tapir) Image

He told us to say whatever we wanted
at the meeting, so I did. - Asako I & II

He told us to say whatever we wanted at the meeting, so I di...

Well, alphabetizing the company logo affects corporate ident...

That's why they suck.
They don't really intend to go global. - Asako I & II

That's why they suck. They don't really intend to ...

- I want to go back to Osaka.
- Go back, then. - Asako I & II

- I want to go back to Osaka. - Go back, then.

It's not that easy, Kushihashi.
I just got transferred. - Asako I & II

It's not that easy, Kushihashi. I just got transferred.

What the... Now you're scaring me. - Asako I & II

What the... Now you're scaring me.

- Sorry, the rehearsal dragged out.
- It's OK. - Asako I & II

- Sorry, the rehearsal dragged out. - It's OK.

We're sorry, but it's past closing time. - Asako I & II

We're sorry, but it's past closing time.

- Then your fliers are misleading...
- Please! - Asako I & II

- Then your fliers are misleading... - Please!

Let us in! We came all the way
from Kyoto just to see this exhibit. - Asako I & II

Let us in! We came all the way from Kyoto just to see this e...

We would have come sooner
but intercity buses get delayed. - Asako I & II

We would have come sooner but intercity buses get delayed.

So we just got here by taxi.
Ask her nicely, you two. - Asako I & II

So we just got here by taxi. Ask her nicely, you two.

- Yeah, the bus hit a deer.
- Never mind that! Come on! - Asako I & II

- Yeah, the bus hit a deer. - Never mind that! Come on!

- Why deer? Deer are in Nara, not Kyoto.
- I'm sorry! - Asako I & II

- Why deer? Deer are in Nara, not Kyoto. - I'm sorry!

I tried to do my best to keep up
with you and panicked. - Asako I & II

I tried to do my best to keep up with you and panicked.

- So Maya, you're an actress?
- I just do re-enactments on TV. - Asako I & II

- So Maya, you're an actress? - I just do re-enactments...

Even so, not everyone gets to do that. - Asako I & II

Even so, not everyone gets to do that.

You're being chosen. That's amazing. - Asako I & II

You're being chosen. That's amazing.

But you're more of a professional
theater actor? - Asako I & II

But you're more of a professional theater actor?

Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say
I'm professional, - Asako I & II

Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm professio...

But actually,
I don't know anything about art. - Asako I & II

But actually, I don't know anything about art.

It's not that artistic, anyway. - Asako I & II

It's not that artistic, anyway.

I didn't get what's so great
about today's photos at all. - Asako I & II

I didn't get what's so great about today's ph...

The flyer was in a stack I had
and she said she wanted to go. - Asako I & II

The flyer was in a stack I had and she said she wanted to go...

She rarely says such things so I figured
it must be good. Right? - Asako I & II

She rarely says such things so I figured it must be good. Ri...

- Thank you for today.
- Oh, no problem. Relax. - Asako I & II

- Thank you for today. - Oh, no problem. Relax.

Being roommates, don't you ever argue? - Asako I & II

Being roommates, don't you ever argue?

Don't you end up doing
all the emotional labor? - Asako I & II

Don't you end up doing all the emotional labor?

I mean, it was obvious
you were being nice to me - Asako I & II

I mean, it was obvious you were being nice to me

I wonder if your friend Asako
understands that though. - Asako I & II

I wonder if your friend Asako understands that though.

Asako makes great okonomiyaki.
It's all she can cook decently. - Asako I & II

Asako makes great okonomiyaki. It's all she can cook de...

Then bring a friend.
Let's say you're introducing me to him. - Asako I & II

Then bring a friend. Let's say you're introducing ...

See you. - Asako I & II

I wasn't just trying to be nice.
I really did enjoy myself. - Asako I & II

I wasn't just trying to be nice. I really did enjoy mys...

Then, - Asako I & II

It seems to me that a man
must at least have faith, - Asako I & II

It seems to me that a man must at least have faith,

No, it's embarrassing.
Not worth your time. - Asako I & II

No, it's embarrassing. Not worth your time.

I'm really sorry, - Asako I & II

I'm really sorry,

Your friends who bought tickets - Asako I & II

Your friends who bought tickets

If you didn't like it,
why not just say so? - Asako I & II

If you didn't like it, why not just say so?

"I had no hope of getting ahead." - Asako I & II

"I had no hope of getting ahead."

Asako I & II poster

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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 has a completely different personality.

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Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Writer: Tomoka Shibasaki, Sachiko Tanaka, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 69/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $25,559

Released: 01 Sep 2018

Awards: 3 wins & 10 nominations total

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