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Folks, I watched “Asura” (or “Ashura no gotoku”) and it really was as absorbing as the hype says. Come for the pre-Bubble asymmetrical sweaters and brown interiors, stay for the actual actors being allowed to act instead of mugging for the camera like the anime characters that originated their roles. I haven’t seen any previous versions but I also enjoyed playing the mental game of “Did Kore-eda change this to make the sisters less react-to-men-ish, or did Mukoda write it this way?”