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7.1/10   67 votes
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Director:
Yoshimitsu Morita
Writers:
Kuniko Mukoda (novel)
Tomomi Tsutsui (writer)
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Release Date:
8 November 2003 (Japan) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
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Awards:
9 wins & 11 nominations more
User Comments:
Has its moments, but more (1 total)

Cast

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Shinobu Ôtake ... Tsunako Mitamura - First Daughter
Hitomi Kuroki ... Makiko Satomi - Second Daughter
Eri Fukatsu ... Takiko Takezawa - Third Daughter
Kyôko Fukada ... Sakiko Kamiuchi - Fourth Daughter
Tatsuya Nakadai ... Kotaro Takezawa
Kaoru Yachigusa ... Takezawa Fuji
Kaoru Kobayashi ... Takao Satomi
Shido Nakamura ... Shizuo Katsumata
Rikiya Kurokawa ... Hidemitsu Jinnai (as Rikiya)
Mitsugoro Bando
Kaori Momoi
Misako Konno ... Tomoko Tsuchiya
Yoshino Kimura ... Keiko Akagi
Toru Masuoka ... Ogata
Masami Nagasawa ... Yoko Satomi
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Like Asura (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Japan:135 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Toho Company more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Remake of "Ashura no gotoku paato II" (1979) more

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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Has its moments, but, 17 February 2005
6/10
Author: KFL from Bloomington, IN

Kind of hard to recommend this one highly. Ashura no Gotoku is a soap opera-ish story covering a couple of years in the lives of four sisters, their parents, and their husbands, fiances, and illicit lovers. Based on a novel by Kuniko Mukouda, one of the most popular female novelists in postwar Japan, and reputedly autobiographical--she is represented by the third sister Takiko, who wears glasses and is socially maladroit at first, but undergoes a dramatic transformation (always a good clue to the authorship of the story).

The plot mostly revolves around how the four women try to cope with the fact that their father, though in his 70's, has taken a lover, despite continuing to live together with their mother. Although the storyline has some overdone and even ludicrous scenes, it does manage to hit some high points, particularly the scenes which underscore how, when all is said and done, it is wonderful to have siblings to confide in and draw strength from, even when you don't always see eye-to-eye with them.

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