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.
Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi
earthquake
disappearance
osaka, japan
tokyo, japan
Rank
#52 in 2018·#2317 overall
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3.8 / 5
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Cast
Masahiro Higashide
Baku / Ryohei
Erika Karata
Asako
Koji Seto
Kushihashi
Rio Yamashita
Maya
Sairi Ito
Haruyo
Daichi Watanabe
Okazaki
Kōji Nakamoto
Hirakawa
Misako Tanaka
Eiko
Takeshi Ōnishi
Ariei Umefune
Art Exhibition Employee
Nao Okabe
Atsushi Kaneshige
Crew
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Screenplay
tofubeats
Original Music Composer
Yuji Sadai
Producer
Popular Reviews
155 reviews
bunapii
9.0★ · 04/14/26
"everything up until now feels more like a long dream. it was a really happy dream. i felt like i'd matured. but now i'm awake, and i... haven't changed at all."
this could’ve easily been a corny drama, with predictable troupes and a fairytale ending. but ryusuke hamaguchi subverts these ideas, injecting its characters with realistic sensibilities, to make an anti-romantic love story, that humanises mistakes, while making them live with their choices
"everything up until now feels more like a long dream. it was a really happy dream. i felt like i'd matured. but now i'm awake, and i... haven't changed at all."
this could’ve easily been a corny drama, with predictable troupes and a fairytale ending. but ryusuke hamaguchi subverts these ideas, injecting its characters with realistic sensibilities, to make an anti-romantic love story, that humanises mistakes, while making them live with their choices
