Like Asura
2003 Japanese film
- Shinobu Otake
- Hitomi Kuroki
- Eri Fukatsu
- Kyoko Fukada
- Kaoru Kobayashi
- Nakamura Shidō II
- Misako Konno
- Kaoru Yachigusa
- Tatsuya Nakadai
Release date
- 8 November 2003 (2003-11-08)
Running time
Like Asura (阿修羅のごとく, Ashura no Gotoku) is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. At the 27th Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received ten other nominations. The film is a remake of the TV mini series Ashura no Gotoku on NHK.
Synopsis
The film follows four sisters who discover that their elderly father is having an affair. When a letter is published in the newspaper detailing the affair, they try to hide it from their mother, while suspecting each other of having written it.[1]
Cast
- Shinobu Otake
- Eri Fukatsu
- Kaoru Yachigusa
- Shidou Nakamura
Awards and nominations
27th Japan Academy Prize.[2]
- Won: Best Director - Yoshimitsu Morita
- Won: Best Screenplay - Tomomi Tsutsui
- Won: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Eri Fukatsu
- Nominated: Best Picture
- Nominated: Best Actress - Shinobu Otake
- Nominated: Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Kaoru Yachigusa
- Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Shidou Nakamura
- Nominated: Best Music - Michiru Oshima
- Nominated: Best Cinematography - Nobuyasu Kita
- Nominated: Best Lighting Direction - Koichi Watanabe
- Nominated: Best Art Direction - Hidemitsu Yamasaki
- Nominated: Best Sound Recording - Fumio Hashimoto
- Nominated: Best Film Editing - Shinji Tanaka
References
External links
- Like Asura at IMDb
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Films directed by Yoshimitsu Morita
- Something Like It (1981)
- The Family Game (1983)
- And Then (1985)
- Sorobanzuku (1986)
- Future Memories: Last Christmas (1992)
- Haru (1996)
- Lost Paradise (1997)
- Keiho (1999)
- Like Asura (2003)
- Mamiya kyodai (2006)
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