Asura (2012)
- Original title
- アシュラ
- Directed by
- Köken Ergün, Keiichi Satō
- Genre
- cannibal film, Action, Drama, Horror
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rated
- MA 15+
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 89 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A child abandoned by his mother during a famine in medieval Japan turns to cannibalism and murder to survive. The story follows his brutal struggle for existence in a harsh and desperate world.
bleakviolentdarkemotionalintensehistoricalsurvivaltragic
What happens
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, after being abandoned by his starving and impoverished mother, resorts to cannibalism and murders to survive during a terrible famine that ravaged medieval Japan. Asura tied for the Audience Award for Best Animated Feature at the 16th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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