Asura - A New Food-Laden Series from Japan

[liuzhou]

Some of us fondly remember this topic.

 

The director, Hirokazu Kore-eda has a new series on Netflix, again set in Japan. It is also said that
 

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there is a lot of food here, as should be expected from Kore-eda. This is not a series to watch when even remotely peckish. Food is ceremonial, bonding, a plot driver and a focus. There are Fuji apples (for their mother, Fuji), rice cakes, pickled cabbage, endless platters of sushi. Food is savoured and shared. I have never been so desperate to gobble up everything on the screen.

 

‘Asura is the best Netflix drama in years’: this strikingly beautiful show will leave you salivating | Television | The Guardian

 

I have downloaded it (7 hour-long episodes) and will be watching over the next few days and elaborating. 

 

 

[AAQuesada]

Thanks for the heads up! Maybe I should sign up for Netflix again. 

[Alex]

I'm re-watching The Makanai before diving into Asura. I'm through the first 3 of nine episodes.