"Love affair from underage" Masahiro Higashide and Erika Karata. The reason why the Korean title of the co-starring movie "Even Sleeping or Waking Up" became "Asako".

● Asako is the name of a Japanese woman who appears in an essay written by a famouse Korean writer.

● The experience of pure love that has not come true in the war. The pure and transparent appearance of the Japanese woman is well described.

● The last part of this essay, which is also described in Korean textbooks, says, “Someone can't forget the love, but he can live without meeting the love.” “Asako and I met three times. The third was not grateful" is a remarkable sentiment of Korean boys. ‬

‪ ● In 2002, a Korean broadcaster followed Asako. Discover a graduation photo and it had become a Hot Topic. ‬

‪ ● Erika Karata's role is “Asako” in the movie “ Even Sleeping or Waking Up”, and she became a Hot Topic in Korea for “live-action version” of a Japanese woman in the essay. ‬

‪ * In the end, the movie import company changed the title for South Korea to "Asako". ‬