Asako I & II

Sep 1, 2018

2h 0m

★ 6.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

C&I entertainment

Nagoya Broadcasting Network

Bitters End

Comme des Cinémas

Asako I & II Trailers

Cast

Baku / Ryohei

Masahiro Higashide

Asako

Erika Karata

Kushihashi

Koji Seto

Maya

Rio Yamashita

Haruyo

Sairi Ito

Okazaki

Daichi Watanabe

Hirakawa

Koji Nakamoto

Eiko

Misako Tanaka

Takeshi Ōnishi

Art Exhibition Employee

Ariei Umefune

Nao Okabe

Atsushi Kaneshige

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