Asako I & II is a 2018 Japanese romance drama film directed by Ryƫsuke Hamaguchi, starring Masahiro Higashide and Erika Karata. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on a 2010 novel by Tomoka Shibasaki about a woman who falls in love with two men who look the same but act completely differently.
Higashide, Karata, and Hamaguchi at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Masahiro Higashide is a Japanese actor and model. In 2012, he debuted as an actor in The Kirishima Thing.
Higashide at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016
Higashide greeting Meryl Streep at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016.