Asura (2012 film)
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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.[1][2] 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.[3]
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Kanji | アシュラ | ||||
Literal meaning | Asura | ||||
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Directed by | Keiichi Sato | ||||
Screenplay by | Ikuko Takahashi | ||||
Based on | Asura by George Akiyama | ||||
Produced by | Yoshiyuki Ikezawa | ||||
Starring | Masako NozawaMegumi HayashibaraBin ShimadaTesshō GendaKinya Kitaōji | ||||
Edited by | Junichi Masunaga | ||||
Music by | Yoshihiro IkeNorihito SumitomoSusumu Ueda | ||||
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Distributed by | Toei Company | ||||
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Running time | 75 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese |
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