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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  Ella Kemp

  What a theme!

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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  Jordan Raup ★★★★

  Following his riveting five-hour-plus drama Happy Hour, Ryusuke Hamaguchi returned with Asako I & II, in which he employs an unwavering stream of stylistic flourishes in this absorbing riff on Vertigo.…

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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  Milo ★★★½

  LFF #5: You Can Find My Full Review Here. (LFF 2018)

  Looking at the pain of romance, chance, love and loss, Asako I & II is a nearly excellent melodrama, full…

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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  James Marsh ★★

  Many people have experienced that pang of inexplicable guilt upon recognising something in a current partner that reminds one of a former flame. Often it underscores nothing more than our…

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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  Mike D'Angelo ★★★ 1

  54/100

  [tweet from TIFF '18]

  Wasn’t expecting such a high-concept premise, and I feel like its execution needed to be either more absurdist (creating a bold metaphor) or more naturalistic…

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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  Eli Hayes ★★★★½

  "I can see the glowing lights
  I can see them every night
  Really not that far away
  I could be there in a day

  "I wonder if you live there…

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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  MrJago ★★★ 4

  Me: Hamaguchi-san, Happy Hour was an over 5 hour long film devoted to real life and ordinary people, what’s next?
  Hamaguchi-san: The biggest anime bullshit plot you have ever seen…

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  Asako I & II 2018

  

  Eric Rowe ★★★★½

  Features a minimalist aesthetic design which is performative in that it evokes an ethereal atmosphere early on, Asako I & II masks the underlying turmoil of its story with a brazen…