Fans are ‘begging’ people to watch the ‘masterful’ new series Asura after it arrived on Netflix earlier this month. The Japanese limited series is written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda who scored ...

The series is a delicate portrait of a family in turmoil, brought together by knowledge of a father’s infidelity ...

In the Buddhist language, Pāli, the word for human dissatisfaction and suffering is dukkha. For Buddhist thinkers, all human suffering is caused by desire, attachment or craving. As a Buddhist ...

A Buddhist monk has been mauled to death by his own pet pit bull, which launched a brutal attack on the man's face. Phra Bandit Bootsen was feeding the one-year-old pup named Jord, when it latched ...

In the period Japanese series Asura, Palme d’Or-winning Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, 2018) has gathered a highly talented cast to highlight the complicated bonds between ...

Set in 1979 Tokyo, with Kore-eda writing and directing each of the seven episodes, Asura is centred on the touchstone of his storytelling: the ever-changing family unit. The most subtle of auteurs ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The quiet way Netflix has chosen to release Japanese-language mini-series Asura is both fitting and ...

In his latest Netflix show, Asura, Kore-eda balances this trademark patient storytelling, with ambitious and melodramatic turns. Framing childhood: Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, the mastermind behind the Oscar-nominated and Palme d'Or-winning Shoplifters, brings us Asura, a gripping drama that follows four sisters in 1979 ...

Netflix aficionados are in for a treat with the platform's latest addition, which has been met with critical acclaim despite its limited coverage. It may not be topping the charts this week, but ...

Written and directed by the internationally acclaimed Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese web series Asura season 1 premiered on Netflix on 9 January 2025 and has already garnered an 8.2 IMDb rating. A ...

But Buddhism played a major role in a fall of the centre of the Islamic Empire. History often speaks of the continuous rise of Islam with the arrival of Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.