{{short description|2020 Japanese film}} {{Infobox film | name = The Asadas | image = The_Asadas_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(2020-2).jpg | caption = | director = Ryōta Nakano | producer = | writer = Ryōta Nakano<br/>Tomoe Kanno | based_on = {{based on|''Asada-ke'' and ''Album no Chikara''|Masashi Asada}} | starring = {{Plainlist| *Kazunari Ninomiya *Haru Kuroki *Masaki Suda *Jun Fubuki *Mitsuru Hirata *Satoshi Tsumabuki }} | music = Takashi Watanabe | cinematography = Hironori Yamazaki | editing = Sōichi Ueno | production_companies = Toho Pictures,<br/>Bridgehead,<br/>Pipeline | distributor = Toho | released = {{Film date|2020|10|2|Japan}} | runtime = 127 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese | budget = | gross = {{JPY|1.21 billion}} }} '''''The Asadas''''' ({{langx|ja|浅田家!}}) is a 2020 Japanese biographical drama film written by Ryōta Nakano and Tomoe Kanno and directed by Nakano. The film was part of the official selection for the Warsaw Film Festival and the 26th Busan International Film Festival.
== Plot == Masashi Asada is the gifted but irresponsible youngest son in a family, and a photographer. His work initially revolves around taking staged photos of his family, depicting an ideal world where they do their dream jobs. Asada publishes his book, which has mediocre sales, and turns to his childhood crush for support. As his book starts to take off, he starts getting requests from average families for him to take photos of them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=THE ASADAS (Asadake!) {{!}} FCCJ|url=https://www.fccj.or.jp/committee-blog/asadas-asadake|access-date=2021-06-10|website=www.fccj.or.jp}}</ref> When the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake happens, he volunteers to help cleaning and sorting out photographs from the family's victims.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Busan International Film Festival 6-15 October, 2021|url=http://www.biff.kr/eng/html/archive/arc_history_tsearch.asp?mode=view&idx=49681&piff_code=2020|access-date=2021-06-10|website=www.biff.kr}}</ref> As part of this, he does some soul searching and realises the value of family.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kotzathanasis|first=Panos|date=2021-01-09|title=Film Review: The Asadas (2020) by Ryota Nakano|url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/01/film-review-the-asadas-2020-by-ryota-nakano/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Asian Movie Pulse|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=philipbrasor|date=2020-10-03|title=Review: The Asadas|url=https://philipbrasor.com/2020/10/03/review-the-asadas/|access-date=2021-06-10|website=philipbrasor.com|language=en}}</ref> The main character is based on the real-life photographer, Masashi Asada.<ref name=":0" />
== Production == Filming took place in 2020, and it was distributed by Bridgehard in Europe and Toho Studios in the rest of the world.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shackleton |first=Liz |date=2021-02-02 |title=Ryota Nakano's 'The Asadas' scores sales to France, Korea, Taiwan|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/ryota-nakanos-the-asadas-scores-sales-to-france-korea-taiwan/5156737.article|access-date=2021-06-10|website=Screen}}</ref>
== Cast == *Kazunari Ninomiya as Masashi Asada *Satoshi Tsumabuki as Yukihiro Asada *Haru Kuroki as Wakana Kawakami *Masaki Suda as Yōsuke Ono *Jun Fubuki as Junko Asada *Mitsuru Hirata as Akira Asada *Makiko Watanabe *Yukiya Kitamura as Kenzō Shibukawa *Maho Nonami *Tarō Suruga *Nobue Iketani *Ryūto Iwata as young Masashi Asada *Tsubasa Nakagawa as young Yukihiro Asada
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|9860350}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Asadas, The}} Category:2020 films Category:Japanese biographical drama films Category:2020 biographical drama films Category:2020 Japanese-language films Category:Films about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Category:Films about families Category:Films about photography Category:Films set in Mie Prefecture Category:Toho films