By Ed Sum
(The Vintage Tempest)
Remaining shows at the Victoria Film Festival
February 5 | 9:15 PM | Capital 6
Victoria, BC
Presented by The Japan Foundation.
Tickets available online or at the door.
Idealized romances are a figment of the Hollywood imagination. To find that one true love is a subject for plenty of films, and in Asako I & II, this strange title suggests the title character (played with naïve innocence by Erika Karata) will see plenty of change in her life. She’s a doting figure who falls for Baku (Masahiro Higashide) like the best romantic tale from the golden age of cinema, complete with fireworks, and this drifter gives this film a plot.