Asura(Movie, 2012)

Name: Asura
Genre: Animation, Drama, History, Horror
Released: 2012
Duration: T01:16:00
Rating: 3.5

Original title: "アシュラ" (Japanese/JA)

1h 16min | Genres: Animation, Drama, History, Horror

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 31 votes)

Asura (Japanese: アシュラ, Hepburn: Ashura) is a 2012 Japanese anime film directed by Keiichi Sato and based on a manga of the same name by George Akiyama. The dark drama of Asura follows the struggles of a child who resorts to cannibalism and murders to survive during a terrible famine that ravaged medieval Japan who is abandoned by his starving and impoverished mother. Asura tied for the Audience Award for Best Animated Feature at the 16th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. ()

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About Asura

Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.

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ASURA - Movie Trailer(Trailer, 1:24)

ASURA - Movie Trailer (Trailer) | Ƙ?画『アシュラ』予告編 (Trailer, JA)

Additional Information

Production country: Japan

Made by: Toei Animation

Original language: Japanese (JA)

Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)

Translated into 13 languages: Arabic (AR), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/29/2012

Cast: Masako Nozawa, Megumi Hayashibara, Kin'ya Kitaōji, Kappei Yamaguchi, Tesshō Genda, Bin Shimada, Hiroaki Hirata

Director: Keiichi Satō, Köken Ergun

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Ashura"

"아수라"

"Асюра"

"Асура"

"Ашура"

Keywords: growing up, beast, anime

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Asura(Movie, 2012)

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