The direction drenches several scenes in moody, colorful lighting, starting with Sakiko moping in the purple glow of her father's home. Scenes lovingly linger on sunset locations as Mortis ...

There's also a fair bit of cool-looking battle damage, like when Silha gets hurt and clouds of purple-black flame start pouring out of his wounds. Jade finds himself knocked around quite a bit ...

Kore-eda, the writer and director of Asura, Netflix’s new Japanese series, is considered one of Japan's most respected contemporary filmmakers. He has won awards at both Tokyo International and ...

It presents a very black-and-white take on the epic, glossing over Ravana's wisdom and presenting him as an evil asura and nothing more. Similarly, it chooses to omit Sita's agni-paksha as well ...