Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi brings Tomoka Shibasaki’s 2010 novel “Walking or Sleeping”(寝ても覚めても) to the silver screen as the film “Asako I & II”. It didn’t seem real how Asako (Erika Karata) effortlessly fell in love with the quiet and eccentric Baku (Masahiro Hidashige, “Yocho”). They had happy days with their friends in Osaka. Not even a […]