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Asura
Sign in to save2012 film by George Akiyama directed by Keiichi Satō
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Within Vinony's link graph, Asura is referenced by 53 other articles, and connects out to Japanese, Buddhism and anime.
It is catalogued under topics including 2012 anime films, 2012 films and Animated films set in the 15th century.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
7.2Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.
Cast
- Masako Nozawa as Asura
- Hiroaki Hirata as Shichirou
- Kinya Kitaoji as Monk
- Megumi Hayashibara as Wakasa
- Tessyo Genda
- Bin Shimada
Themes
- growing up
- beast
- anime
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
1,455 votes
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Genres
- Action, Animation, Drama
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Anime · MyAnimeList

- Score
- 6.97/10 (15,439 votes)
- Rank
- #4872
- Popularity
- #4351
- Type
- Movie
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished Airing
- Studios
- Toei Animation
Asura is an unrelentingly dark drama that follows the struggles of a young boy who did whatever it took to survive during a time of war and famine in medieval Japan.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Author
- George Akiyama
- Genre
- cannibal film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Cast member
- Hiroaki Hirata
- Production company
- Toei Animation
- Duration
- 76
- FilmAffinity ID
- 818576
- Official website
- www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/2012_asura_movie/index.html
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- publication date
- 2012-01-01
- title
- アシュラ
- distributed by
- Toei Company
- language of work or name
- Japanese
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