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.

Like Asura

Cast

Shinobu Otake

Eri Fukatsu

Kaoru Yachigusa

Shidou Nakamura

Awards and nominations

27th Japan Academy Prize. 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

Like Asura

References

External links

2003 films

Films directed by Yoshimitsu Morita

2000s Japanese-language films

Films scored by Michiru Ōshima

2000s Japanese films

Like Asura