Plot Synopsis

ASURA is a seven-episode drama series that re-imagines the beloved Japanese family drama LIKE ASURA for a modern audience. One winter day, the four Takezawa sisters -- ikebana teacher Tsunako, housewife Makiko, librarian Takiko, and waitress Sakiko -- 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 this from their mother, Fuji. As they confront their differing worldviews and lifestyles, their emotions run high, exposing struggles and secrets: Tsunako's affair, Makiko's husband's infidelity, Takiko's romantic uncertainty, and Sakiko's feelings of inferiority to her sisters. All seven episodes of ASURA dropped on Thursday, January 9, 2025 on Netflix.