Netflix Readies Asura for January Launch

Asura, which reimagines the Japanese family drama Like Asura, is set to make its Netflix debut on January 9, 2025.

Starring Rie Miyazawa, Machiko Ono, Yu Aoi and Suzu Hirose, the series is written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Our Little Sister) and produced by Yasuo Yagi. The series presents a slice of life in a story set in the 1970s.

One winter day, the four Takezawa sisters—ikebana teacher Tsunako (Miyazawa), housewife Makiko (Ono), librarian Takiko (Aoi) and waitress Sakiko (Hirose)—get together for the first time in a while. Takiko suspects that their aging father, Kotaro, has a lover and child. While the other sisters find this unbelievable, they promise to keep it from their mother, Fuji. However, this commotion brings to light various conflicts and secrets that lurk in the women’s lives.