Hirokazu Kore-eda returns to Netflix with 'Asura.' It's a masterpiece with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and yet hardly anybody is ...

If you have had the unfortunate experience of discovering that your father is cheating on your mother, you would know how deeply upsetting and confusing it can be. Dealing with your feelings of ...

Asura is a modern reimagining of the popular ... The ‘slice of life’ series – the name of which means demigods in Buddhist cosmology – ‘resonates across cultures with universal family ...

Asura, (pronounced Ashura) the show's name, comes from the concept of Buddhist and Hindu power-seeking demigods, and each of the sisters in the story is meant to represent these figures.

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 ...

Religious groups across Los Angeles, including Sikhs, Hindus, Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists, are providing aid and relief to wildfire victims. Moninder Singh, a dedicated volunteer at a ...

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 ...