Ryusuke Hamaguchi's film follows a woman who dates a man because of his resemblance to her old lover, leading to unexpected results. “Asako I & II” begins with love at first sight: College student ...

A cataclysm strikes almost halfway through “Asako I & II,” killing the lights, rattling the walls and briefly tearing the fabric of this quietly entrancing Japanese drama. But the writer-director, ...

“Melodrama” has become something of a pejorative term for many of my colleagues, but I still see it as a neutral descriptor. The genre is associated with heightened emotions and blatant narrative ...

On a day that saw the return of Lars von Trier to the festival that had declared him persona non grata seven years ago, the first screenings of Spike Lee’s incendiary “BlacKkKlansman” and the press ...

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's follow-up to "Happy Hour" premiered at Cannes last year. Grasshopper Film is celebrating Valentine’s Day by releasing the trailer for “Asako I & II,” Ryûsuke Hamaguchi‘s mysterious ...

"You're wasting your time! Go away" Grasshopper Films has debuted the official US trailer for a Japanese romantic drama titled Asako I & II, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year. This ...

“Asako I & II” begins with love at first sight: College student Asako (Erika Karata) locks eyes with the dashing Baku (Masashiro Higashide) at a photography exhibit, and within minutes of exiting the ...