2012 · animation · drama · history
Asura
Directed by Keiichi Sato1h 16m2012
Abandoned in the barren wasteland of Kyoto, a savage, enraged orphan does whatever it takes to survive in the wild. When he crosses paths with civilization, he must learn to tame the beast within.
Our read: Asura (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive animation · drama · history entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme animation / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- cold
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