Directed by:
Kei'ichi SatōScreenplay:
Ikuko TakahashiCast:
Kinya Kitaôji, Megumi Hayashibara, Tesshō Genda, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Masako Nozawa, Hiroaki Hirata, Yumiko Kobayashi, Hiroshi Naka, Tôru Nara, Mie Sonozaki (more)Plots(1)
The artistically impressive yet deeply murky anime, which has received high critical rating, is situated into the mid-15th century when the wartime rages and catastrophes almost changed Japan into the ghost land. A boy named Asura, after the dark deities known from Vedas, is born to a mother dying from hunger. Asura's despairing mother tries to dispense with the newborn baby - it is miraculously saved but sentenced to live a life of a wild animal. Asura learns to eat human flesh to survive, and thus his body and soul gradually transform into that of a demon. However, an enlighten monk and a beautiful girl one day cross his way... (Eiga-sai)
(more)Cast
Kinya Kitaôji
Japan
Best movies:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deathmatch in Hiroshima (1973)
One Piece Film Gold (2016)
Asura (2012)
Megumi Hayashibara
Japan
Best movies:
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Wolf Children (2012)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Tesshō Genda
Japan
Best movies:
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Gekijouban Gintama Kanketsuhen: Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (2013)
Gintama: The Final (2021)
Gintama: The Movie (2010)
Masako Nozawa
Japan
Best movies:
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
Galaxy Express 999 (1979)
Puss in Boots (1969)
Hiroaki Hirata
Japan
Best movies:
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Fighting Spirit: Champion Road (2003) (TV movie)
One Piece: Strong World (2009)
Yumiko Kobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Steamboy (2004)
Aura: Marjúinkóga saigo no tatakai (2013)
Asura (2012)
Hiroshi Naka
Japan
Best movies:
Hikaru No Go: New Year Special (2004) (TV movie)
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
One Piece: Strong World (2009)
Tôru Nara
Japan
Best movies:
Mie Sonozaki
Japan
Best movies:
The First Slam Dunk (2022)
Naruto Shippuden: The Movie (2007)
Asura (2012)
Satoshi Taki
Japan
Best movies:
Evangelion 2.22: You Can (Not) Advance (2009)
King of Thorn (2009)
Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW (2010)
Kaori Yamagata
Japan
Best movies:
Spirited Away (2001)
Summer Wars (2009)
Book Girl (2010)
Youhei Oobayashi
Japan
Best movies:
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Albator – le Corsaire de l'espace (2013)
Asura (2012)
Yûko Katô
Japan
Best movies:
Asura (2012)
Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005)