Synopsis
“A truly original Vertigo riff, based on a novel by Tomoka Shibasaki, Asako I & II is an enchanting, unnerving paean to the notion of love as a trance state. Asako and Baku share an intense, all-consuming romance – but one day the moody Baku ups and vanishes. Two years later, having moved from Osaka to Tokyo, Asako meets Baku’s exact double. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi has returned with a beguiling and mysterious film that traces the trajectory of a love – or, to be accurate, two loves – found, lost, displaced, and regained.” – Film at Lincoln Center
