Asako I & II
The films gathered in this series were all directed and produced during the last ten years. They sometimes show the state of the world. These singular works also explore new poetic registers, methods of filming that surprise by their capacity to render the air we breathe, with a sense of metaphor, provocation or play.
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.
Trailer with english subtitles. The movie will be presented with french subtitles.
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
Ryūsuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he worked in the commercial film industry for a few years before entering the graduate program in film at Tokyo University of the Arts. From 2011 to 2013, he co-directed a documentary trilogy with Kō Sakai, giving voice to survivors and witnesses of the tsunami that followed the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. His film Senses, also known as Happy Hour, with a runtime of 5 hours and 17 minutes, shot in Kobe with non-professional actors, has garnered numerous international awards. In 2018, Asako I & II, based on a novel by Tomoka Shibasaki, entered the Cannes Film Festival competition. His film Drive My Car was also in competition in 2021 and won the award for Best Screenplay.
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Asako I & II's crew at the 2018's Cannes Festival
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