Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

Yasuko, Songs of Days Past (2025) is a romance, drama film directed by Kichitaro Negishi rated 7.7/10.

In the early 1920s, Yasuko, a budding actress, crosses paths with Chūya Nakahara, a young poet destined to be revered as a genius. Drawn to each other by their shared pretentiousness, they begin living together and quickly fall into a complex relationship. Their lives take a dramatic turn when they move to Tokyo and are visited by Hideo Kobayashi, a friend of Chūya’s who would later emerge as one of Japan's foremost literary critics. This seemingly chance encounter not only alters Yasuko's fate but also entwines the three of them in an intense and inescapable destiny.

Cast

Suzu Hirose

Yasuko Hasegawa

Taisei Kido

Nakahara Chuya

Masaki Okada

Kobayashi Hideo

Shinsuke Kato

Tatsuno

Tortoise Matsumoto

Kumi Takiuchi

Tamiyo Kusakari

Shunsuke Tanaka

Sawako Fujima

Tasuku Emoto