The Asadas! (2020)

INFO

• Title: The Asadas!
• Other Names: 浅田家！; Asada-ke; The Asada Family; The Asadas; Asadake!
• Origin: Japan
• Air date: October 2, 2020
• Runtime: 127 minutes

Synopsis

Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. For Masashi’s photography school graduation project, he replicates a funny family moment from his childhood as adults. The photo is a huge success, and sparks a series of humorous, staged family photos, starting with his father’s dream of being a firefighter. This success continues into cumulating into a photobook that eventually wins a huge award. Afterwards, Masashi begins to travel throughout Japan taking family portraits, leading him to the prefecture of Iwate. It's after taking several more family portraits that the Great Tohoku Earthquake strikes, and Masashi is compelled to return to Iwate in search of the first family he photographed outside of his own. During his search he encounters Ono Yosuke, who is recovering photographs found in hopes of returning these memories to their families, and Masashi joins him.

ROLES

• Ninomiya Kazunari (二宮和也) as Asada Masashi
• Tsumabuki Satoshi (妻夫木聡) as Asada Yukihiro [Masashi's brother]
• Suda Masaki (菅田将暉) as Ono Yosuke
• Hirata Mitsuru (平田満) as Asada Akira [Masashi's father]
• Kitamura Yukiya (北村有起哉) as Shibukawa Kenzo
• Kuroki Haru (黒木華) as Kawakami Wakana
• Fubuki Jun (風吹ジュン) as Asada Junko [Masashi's mother]
• Watanabe Makiko (渡辺真起子) as Sotogawa Michiko
• Nonami Maho (野波麻帆 ) as Asada Kazuko