Asura (2012)

Original title

アシュラ

Directed by

Köken Ergün, Keiichi Satō

Genre

cannibal film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 16m

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 89 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

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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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