---
title: 'Asura (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Keiichi Satō'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/asura-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2328505/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Asura (2012)

2012 · 76 min · Japan

Original title: アシュラ

## Synopsis

Asura  is a 2012 Japanese anime film directed by Keiichi Sato and based on a manga of the same name by George Akiyama. The dark drama of Asura follows the struggles of a child, after being abandoned by his starving and impoverished mother, resorts to cannibalism and murders to survive during a terrible famine that ravaged medieval Japan. Asura tied for the Audience Award for Best Animated Feature at the 16th Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Keiichi Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiichi-sato), [Köken Ergün](https://cinepixo.com/people/koken-ergun)

## Cast

- [Masako Nozawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/masako-nozawa)
- [Hiroaki Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroaki-hirata)
- [Kappei Yamaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kappei-yamaguchi)
- [Bin Shimada](https://cinepixo.com/people/bin-shimada)
- [Tesshō Genda](https://cinepixo.com/people/tessho-genda)
- [Megumi Hayashibara](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-hayashibara)
- [Kin'ya Kitaōji](https://cinepixo.com/people/kin-ya-kitaoji)

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Official site: http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/movie/2012_asura_movie/index.html
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/asura-2012
Film facts: Wikidata (Q4811903); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.