Like Asura Explained

Like Asura
Director:	Yoshimitsu Morita
Starring:	Shinobu Otake Hitomi Kuroki Eri Fukatsu Kyoko Fukada Kaoru Kobayashi Nakamura Shidō II Misako Konno Kaoru Yachigusa Tatsuya Nakadai
Runtime:	135 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 2003 Japanese film directed by Yoshimitsu Morita. At the 27th Japan Academy Prize it won three awards and received ten other nominations. The film is a remake of the TV mini series Ashura no Gotoku on NHK.

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

• Shinobu Otake
• Eri Fukatsu
• Kaoru Yachigusa
• Shidou Nakamura

Awards and nominations

27th Japan Academy Prize.^[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 - Shidou Nakamura
• Nominated: Best Music - Michiru Oshima
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Like Asura. Toho Studios. 2020-12-30.
2. Web site: http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/2004/index.html . ja:第27回 日本アカデミー賞 . 2009-11-05 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090524190641/http://www.japan-academy-prize.jp/allprizes/2004/index.html . May 24, 2009 . ja.