![]() ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Baku has found superstar fame as an actor and model. Five years pass and they are still solidly together, with marriage and children under discussion. Initially, Asako cannot believe the freakish resemblance, but the couple soon begins a tentative romance that blossoms into suburban domestic bliss. But two years later, she runs into his uncanny physical double, handsome corporate salary man Ryohei ( Higashide again). ![]() Inevitably, the hot flame of young love blows itself out when Baku does his vanishing act, leaving Asako devastated. ![]() But the couple is clearly way too intoxicated with each other to care, so much so that they even continue kissing and canoodling after a motorcycle crash. Friends warn the strait-laced Asako that she should steer clear of Baku, a free spirit with an annoying habit of disappearing for days without warning. Asako (Erika Karata) is a demure, doll-faced beauty who surprises herself by falling hard and fast for shaggy-haired hottie Baku ( Masahiro Higashide) after a random encounter on the streets of Osaka, a sparky connection that Hamaguchi underscores with real fireworks. Hamaguchi adheres faithfully to the novel’s decade-spanning first-person female narrative, adding just a minor subplot (with Shibasaki’s permission) relating to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which occurred after the book was published. ![]()
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