Butter, her novel about a female serial killer, was a global hit. As Asako Yuzuki’s second book is published in English, she talks about criticism at home – and why she’ll be writing darker stories in ...

Two lonely dreamers, a young man in Seoul and a teen girl in Tokyo, find their emotional aspirations connected in mysterious ways in "Asako in Ruby Shoes," a delicate, slyly humorous love story that ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Butter author Asako Yuzuki’s latest novel offers clues about what is behind the vogue for Japanese fiction By Finn McRedmond There is nothing more complicated in the observable universe than ...

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 ...

Have you ever dated someone because they resembled a former flame? That’s the premise of director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Happy Hour, his much-loved, five-hour meditation on divorce and ...

When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Glenn Kenny The bewitching and sometimes unsettling Japanese romantic drama “Asako I ...

A marvelous, marvelously unique film noir about romance from numeral-happy Japanese filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi (“Senses 1&2,” “Senses 3&4”), “Asako I & II” tells the story of a young Osaka resident, ...

About Asako Takasaki; Born in Toyama, Japan, Asako fell in love with Jazz when she was 20 years old. She was encouraged by her long time mentor Hirotaka Izumi to start singing and her first ...