Scala asInstanceOf with parameterized types

I would like to write a function that casts to type A, where A can be e.g. List[Int], or a more complicated parameterized type like Map[Int, List[Int]].

def castToType[A](x: Any): A = {
  // throws if A is not the right type
  x.asInstanceOf[A]
}

Right now, due to type erasure (I believe), the code merrily works even when the type is not correct. The error only manifests on access, witha ClassCastException.

val x = List(1, 2, 3)
val y = castToType[List[String]](x)
y(0) --> throws java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Integer cannot be cast to java.lang.String

Is there a way I can use manifests to make this work properly? Thanks!