She escaped prison for revenge. The real monster? Someone she loved.
A vengeful Taiwanese maiko breaks out of prison to kill every Japanese cop who raped her, only to realize it was the person closest to her who first put her through hell.
Acting
Han Ning's eyes contain multitudes of rage and ruin.
Direction
Wang I-fan makes colonial Taiwan feel claustrophobically inescapable.
Director
Wang I-fan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'maiko' framing deliberately weaponizes Japanese colonial fetishization of Taiwanese women against itself.
The title's 'Asura' reference positions her vengeance as demonic transformation—she becomes the violence done to her.
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