If you loved City of the Rising Sun, try Asura: The City of Madness

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Both films are directed by Kim Sung-soo, and they both carry the raw mood tag, and they sit in Crime territory. If that's the register that drew you to City of the Rising Sun, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Asura: The City of Madness is

South Korea, present day. A wet, stained won note. Detective Han Do-kyung tries to play two sides against each other, but the mayor is monstrous and the prosecutors have their own agenda. Everyone wants something. Kim Sung-soo steers the hellish ride.

If you loved City of the Rising Sun, try Asura: The City of Madness

City of the Rising Sun

Asura: The City of Madness

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If you loved City of the Rising Sun, try Asura: The City of Madness

City of the Rising Sun

Asura: The City of Madness

What they share

What Asura: The City of Madness is

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