Release Date

September, 29th, 2012

Running Time

75 min

Genre

Animation

Color

Color

Screening Format

DCP

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

Dolby True HD

[ Directed by ]

• SATO Keiichi

[ Produced by ]

• IKEZAWA Yoshi

[ Cast ]

• NOZAWA Masako ── Asura
• KITAOHJI Kinya ── Monk
• HAYASHIBARA Megumi ── Wakasa

[ Staff ]

• George Akiyama ── Original Comic
• TAKAHASHI Ikuko ── Screenplay
• KOMINAMI Yasuha ── Theme Song

[ Production Company ]

George Akiyama / ASURA Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOEI

[ Production Studio ]

TOEI ANIMATION

[ Story ]

Mid-fifteenth century – Japan. Flood, drought and famine have transformed the landscape of the capital Kyoto into a barren wasteland. More than 80,000 have perished in the three years between 1459 and 1461. This desolate state served as the backdrop to the beginning of the country's greatest civil war. The victims of this dark period in Japan's history were too great in number to include in the pages of history.
In this era, a boy was born a beast – Asura. Abandoned as an infant, Asura is forced to learn the means to survive in the wild. In time, he would learn to kill human…
Asura's lost soul is saved by the grace of a young girl named Wakasa. Through love she tames Asura's beastly heart and teaches him the lessons of humanity. Nevertheless, as Asura attempts to assimilate into village life, the poverty-stricken villagers are unwilling to accept the strange outsider and retaliate. Though he was taught kindness, love and empathy, it is jealousy and prejudice that drives him. And also Wakasa… A story of wild young boy who would grow up to be the high priest Asura who would leave guide the lost souls to heaven.

[ Official Site ]

http://asura-movie.com

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2012 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Competition
2012 San Sebastian International Film Festival
2012 Shanghai International Film Festival, Panorama
2012 Fantasia Film Festival, Audience Awards
2012 New York Asian Film Festival
2012 Osian’s-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, Openning
2012 Santa Rosa International Film Festival
2012 New Orleans Film Festival
2012 Whitaker St. Louis Film Festival
2012 Leeds International Film Festival
2012 Daytona Beach Film Festival
2012 Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema
2012 Japan Media Arts Festival, Animation Division, Excellence Prize

[ Contact (International) ]

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