While Hirokazu Kore-eda’s new series meticulously remakes a classic NHK drama, this reinterpretation tweaks the story to give ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The quiet way Netflix has chosen to release Japanese-language mini-series Asura is both fitting and ...
In the period Japanese series Asura, Palme d’Or-winning Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, 2018) has gathered a highly talented cast to highlight the complicated bonds between ...
who is writing and directing a classic Japanese family drama series. Titled Asura, the series will be a modern take on Ashura no Gotoku, a 1979 family drama series which in turn was based on a ...