Ashura no Gotoku (TV series)

Ashura no Gotoku
Genre	Drama
Written by	Kuniko Mukōda
Directed by	Ben Wada[1]
Starring	Kaoru Yachigusa Haruko Kato Ken Ogata Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Ayumi Ishida Jun Fubuki Shin Saburi
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	7
Production
Running time	70 minutes per episode
Production company	NHK
Original release
Network	NHK
Release	January 13, 1979 (1979-01-13) – February 9, 1980 (1980-02-09)
Related
Like Asura Asura

Ashura no Gotoku (阿修羅のごとく) is a Japanese drama series that first aired on NHK in 1979. It is based on Kuniko Mukōda's novel of the same title.[2][3][4]

Ken Ogata played the role of Satomi Takao in Part 1 and Shigeru Tsuyuguchi played the role in part 2.[5]

Cast

• Kaoru Yachigusa as Satomi Makiko
• Haruko Kato as Mitamura Tsunako
• Ken Ogata(Part1) / Shigeru Tsuyuguchi(Part2) as Satomi Takao
• Ayumi Ishida as Takezawa Takoko
• Jun Fubuki as Takezawa Sakiko
• Ryudo Uzaki as Katsumata Shizuo
• Shin Saburi as Kotaro Takezawa
• Sanshō Shinsui as Jinnai Hidemitsu
• Ittoku Kishibe(Part2) as Takuma

Episodes

Part1

• 1, Onna Shougatsu (January 13, 1979)
• 2, Sando Mame (January 20, 1979)
• 3, Soubijinsou (January 27, 1979)

Part2

• 1, Hana Ikusa (January 19, 1980)
• 2, Ura Kimon (January 26, 1980)
• 3, Jyaran (February 2, 1980)
• 4, Otafuku (February 9, 1980)

Remakes

Ashura no Gotoku was adapted as the 2003 Toho film Like_Asura.

In 2025 , Hirokazu Kore-eda remade the series for Netflix, titled Asura.[6][7]

References

1. "和田勉とは" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
2. 阿修羅のごとく (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
3. "阿修羅のごとく" (in Japanese). Amazon. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
4. "阿修羅のごとく" (in Japanese). ドラマデータ. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
5. "阿修羅のごとく" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
6. Merican, Sara (12 November 2024). "Netflix Unveils Japanese Series 'Asura,' Written & Directed By Hirokazu Kore-eda". Deadline.
7. "This Is the Year's First Great New TV Series". The Daily Beast. 8 January 2025.