The arthouse star and Palme d'Or winner is remaking the classic Japanese drama 'Like Asura' with popular local actresses Rie Miyazawa, Machiko Ono, Yu Aoi and Suzu Hirose. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...

Ace Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu is in advanced post-production on “Asura,” a family drama series that marks his second show for global streaming giant Netflix. “Asura,” which ...

Written and directed by Palme d’Or-winning auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda, Netflix‘s Asura will premiere on January 9, 2025, the streamer said. The Japanese series stars Rie Miyazawa, Machiko Ono ...

In Shanghai, the worlds of Zhao Qing, a Kunshan resident, Marco Müller, former president of the Venice Film Festival, and a Shanghai native going by the screen name Wulin Park, seem entirely ...

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Two men who make a living by finding new parents for babies who are left anonymously in boxes meet a young woman who left her child behind, but now wants it back; two investigators are hot on the ...