Asako I & II
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1h 59m
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi | 119 mins | 2018
Between the international breakthrough of 2015’s "Happy Hour" and the sensation that was 2021’s "Drive My Car," Hamaguchi produced this beguiling romance, concerning a young woman and her affairs with, first, a self-dramatizing young drifter, Baku, then, following Baku’s disappearance, a dependable salaryman who bears an uncanny resemblance to her old flame.
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