Asako in Ruby Shoes
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
E J-yong
Tachibana Misato
Lee Jeong-jae
Misato Tchibana
Ren ôsugi
Urara Awata
Film Details
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Synopsis
Between Japan and Korea, Tokyo and Seoul, two people are living parallel lives: U-In is a civil servant who works in the City Hall recycling and rubbish collection department. Recycling is for life, as is his job. Aya is a student struggling to come to terms with adulthood while studying for her college entrance exams. Having recently lost her grandmother and admiring her grandfather's suicide by holding his breath, she begins to fantasize about taking her own life. For this she needs money. U-In is a loner, with a palpable indifference to his job and his life in general. He turns to the internet for companionship. Aya too turns to the internet, by posting herself on a personals site and changing her name to Asako. Somehow they meet both on and offline.
Director
E J-yong
Crew
Hidehiko Ameda
Masashi Chikamori
Kim Dong-eui
Hitoshi Iwata
Jin-cheol Kim
Hong Kyeong-pyo
Hideshi Mijaima
Jo Seong-woo
Masaki Tsuchida
Kang Woo-suk
Yutaka Yokoyama
Jung Yoon-seob
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States July 2001
Released in United States May 2001
Released in United States October 2001
Shown at Cambridge International Film Festival in England, United Kingdom July 12-22, 2001.
Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 2001.
Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival (Premiere Selection) in Mill Valley, California October 4-14, 2001.
Released in United States 2001
Released in United States May 2001 (Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (market) May 9-20, 2001.)
Released in United States July 2001 (Shown at Cambridge International Film Festival in England, United Kingdom July 12-22, 2001.)
Released in United States October 2001 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival (Premiere Selection) in Mill Valley, California October 4-14, 2001.)
