Like Asura
2003 Japanese film
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Like Asura (Japanese: 阿修羅のごとく, Hepburn: Ashura no Gotoku) is a 2003 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. At the 27th Japan Academy Film Prizes, it won three awards and received ten other nominations. The film is a remake of the TV miniseries Ashura no Gotoku on NHK.
Directed byYoshimitsu Morita
Screenplay byTomomi Tsutsui
Based onAshura no Gotoku
by Kuniko Mukōda
by Kuniko Mukōda
Produced by
- Kei Haruna
- Minami Ichikawa
- Kazuko Misawa
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| Directed by | Yoshimitsu Morita |
| Screenplay by | Tomomi Tsutsui |
| Based on | Ashura no Gotoku by Kuniko Mukōda |
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| Cinematography | Nobuyasu Kita |
| Edited by | Shinji Tanaka |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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
Awards and nominations
27th Japan Academy Film Prizes.[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 - Nakamura Shidō II
- Nominated: Best Music - Michiru Ōshima
- 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
