Goddamned Asura (2021)

Original title

該死的阿修羅

Directed by

Lou Yi-an

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

18A

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A crime drama inspired by real random killings. It follows multiple characters connected to a violent act and the aftermath that ripples through their lives.

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What happens

Goddamned Asura (Chinese: 該死的阿修羅; pinyin: Gāisǐ de Āxiūluó) is a 2021 Taiwanese crime drama film directed by Lou Yi-an and written by Lou Yi-an and Singing Chen. The film features an ensemble cast of six actors Joseph Huang, Mo Tzu-yi, Peijia Huang, Devin Pan, Wang Yu-xuan and Hoa-zhe Lai. It was inspired by real life events from newspaper reports on random killings. The film is selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. In November 2021, the film premiered at Taipei's Golden Horse film Festival where it was nominated for Best New Performer (Pan), Best Original Screenplay and won the Best Supporting Actress Award (Wang). In July 2022, Goddammed Asura participated in Taipei Film Festival, among the nine nominations it won Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress (Wang) and Best Soundtrack (for Qin Xuzhang, Xu Jiawei, Chan Liu and Cai Jiaying). The film also participated the Judicial Film Festival in November 2021, Singapore Chinese Film Festival in December 2021, Taiwan Film Festival in Australia in July 2022, Vancouver Taiwanese Film Festival and the Hong Kong Film Festival in August 2022. It will also participate the Paris Filmosa Festival in September 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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