Ashura no Gotoku (阿修羅のごとく) is a Japanese drama series that first aired on NHK in 1979. It is based on Kuniko Mukōda's novel of the same title.[2][3][4]
| Ashura no Gotoku | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Kuniko Mukōda |
| Directed by | Ben Wada[1] |
| Starring | Kaoru Yachigusa Haruko Kato Ken Ogata Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Ayumi Ishida Jun Fubuki Shin Saburi |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 70 minutes per episode |
| Production company | NHK |
| Original release | |
| Network | NHK |
| Release | January 13, 1979 – February 9, 1980 |
| Related | |
Ken Ogata played the role of Satomi Takao in Part 1 and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the role in part 2.[5]
Cast
edit- Kaoru Yachigusa as Satomi Makiko
- Haruko Kato as Mitamura Tsunako
- Ken Ogata(Part1) / Shigeru Tsuyuguchi(Part2) as Satomi Takao
- Ayumi Ishida as Takezawa Takoko
- Jun Fubuki as Takezawa Sakiko
- Ryudo Uzaki as Katsumata Shizuo
- Shin Saburi as Kotaro Takezawa
- Sanshō Shinsui as Jinnai Hidemitsu
- Ittoku Kishibe(Part2) as Takuma
Episodes
editRemakes
editAshura no Gotoku was adapted as the 2003 Toho film Like Asura.
In 2025, Hirokazu Kore-eda remade the series for Netflix, titled Asura.[6][7]
References
edit- ↑ "和田勉とは" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ↑ 阿修羅のごとく (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ↑ "阿修羅のごとく" (in Japanese). Amazon. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ↑ "阿修羅のごとく" (in Japanese). ドラマデータ. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ↑ "阿修羅のごとく" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
- ↑ Merican, Sara (12 November 2024). "Netflix Unveils Japanese Series 'Asura,' Written & Directed By Hirokazu Kore-eda". Deadline.
- ↑ "This Is the Year's First Great New TV Series". The Daily Beast. 8 January 2025.
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