Each year, the biggest distributors and sales agents out of South Korea secure prominent slots at the Toronto International Film Festival for one or two of their biggest upcoming blockbusters. And even in the context of a huge, celebrity-driven festival like TIFF, fans of Korean popular culture stood out, showing up en masse to get a glimpse of the stars of Kim Sung-soo’s latest crime opus, “Asura: The City of Madness.” The rowdy experience at the historic Elgin Theatre is, in hindsight, oddly appropriate, as the film is as much a centerpiece for its cast as it is a stylistically flamboyant directorial showpiece.

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