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Ash Is Purest White (江湖儿女)

Ash Is Purest White (江湖儿女, Jianghu ernü) is Jia Zhangke's 2018 crime melodrama starring Zhao Tao and Liao Fan. Spanning 2001 to 2018 in three parts, it follows Qiao, imprisoned five years for firing a gun to protect gangster Bin, and competed at Cannes 2018.

Ash Ketchum

Ash Ketchum (Satoshi, サトシ), Pallet Town protagonist of the Pokémon anime 1997–2023, travels with Pikachu; based on creator Satoshi Tajiri; ran 1,232 episodes, ended March 24, 2023.

Ash vs Evil Dead

Ash vs Evil Dead is a Starz comedy horror series (2015-2018), spinoff of the Evil Dead films, starring Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams with Lucy Lawless, Ray Santiago, and Dana DeLorenzo; three seasons, 30 episodes.

Ash Williams

Ash Williams (Ashley J. Williams) is the protagonist of the Evil Dead franchise, played by Bruce Campbell from The Evil Dead (1981) through Ash vs Evil Dead (2015-2018); a chainsaw-handed, boomstick-wielding demon slayer now retired from live action.

Asha (Wish)

Asha is the protagonist of Disney's Wish (2023), a 17-year-old in the kingdom of Rosas voiced by Ariana DeBose; her wish summons Star, and her name comes from Sanskrit āśā, meaning wish or hope.

Asha Bhat (ಆಶಾ ಭಟ್)

Asha Bhat (ಆಶಾ ಭಟ್), born 1992 in Bhadravati, Karnataka, is an Indian model and actress, the first Indian to win Miss Supranational (2014), later starring in Junglee (2019), Roberrt (2021), and Ori Devuda (2022).

Asha Negi (आशा नेगी)

Asha Negi (आशा नेगी), born 1989 in Dehradun, is an Indian actress, Miss Uttarakhand 2009, known as Purvi in Pavitra Rishta, Nach Baliye 6 winner, and for OTT work including Baarish and Criminal Justice.

Asha Parekh (आशा पारेख)

Asha Parekh (आशा पारेख), born 1942, is an Indian film actress and producer who starred in more than 95 Hindi films and led Hindi cinema from 1959 to 1973.

Asha Sachdev

Asha Sachdev, born Nafeesa Sultan (1956), Indian Hindi-film actress, FTII graduate, about 90 films from 1972, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress for Priyatama; sister of singer Anwar, step-sister of Arshad Warsi; distinct from Achala Sachdev.

Ashakal Aayiram

Ashakal Aayiram (ആശകൾ ആയിരം), a 2026 Malayalam family comedy-drama directed by G. Prajith, stars real-life father-son Jayaram and Kalidas Jayaram; released February 6, 2026, U certificate, streamed on ZEE5 from April 17, 2026.

Ashani Sanket

Ashani Sanket (অশনি সংকেত, Distant Thunder) is Satyajit Ray's 1973 Bengali film, his first in color, adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's famine novel and set during the 1943 Bengal famine; it won the 1973 Berlin Golden Bear and received a 4K restoration in 2023.

Ashby Gentry

Ashby Gentry (born 1999, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actor who plays Alex Walter in Netflix's My Life with the Walter Boys (2023–2026), distinct from the Ashby HR software, Ashby Pond, or director Hal Ashby; BFA from Boston University.

Asher Angel

Asher Angel (born 2002), also Asher Dov Angel, American actor and singer known as Jonah Beck on Disney's Andi Mack and Billy Batson in Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); performs more than 30 theater shows and releases pop-country singles.

Asher Keddie

Asher Keddie, Australian actress and producer, star of Offspring, Love My Way, Paper Giants, Strife, and Fake; 2013 Gold Logie winner and five-time Logie recipient who moved into producing with Made Up Stories.

Ashes (2026 film)

Ashes (Ceniza en la boca), 2026 drama directed by Diego Luna, adapted from Brenda Navarro's novel; premiered Cannes Special Screenings; Anna Díaz plays Lucila, a Mexican migrant reuniting with her mother in Madrid.

Ashes and Diamonds

Ashes and Diamonds (Popiół i diament), 1958 Andrzej Wajda film from Jerzy Andrzejewski's novel, starring Zbigniew Cybulski as Home Army assassin Maciek Chełmicki; Polish Film School landmark, Venice FIPRESCI winner.

Ashes of Glory

Ashes of Glory is a 2025 American short-form revenge and corporate thriller series on DramaBox, following Lilith Boyd, betrayed by her sister Jessica and husband Isaac.

Ashes of Love (香蜜沉沉烬如霜) (TV series)

Ashes of Love (香蜜沉沉烬如霜), also Heavy Sweetness, Ash-like Frost, is a 2018 Chinese xianxia romance drama adapted from Dian Xian's novel, directed by Zhu Ruibin, starring Yang Zi and Deng Lun, which premiered August 2, 2018 on Jiangsu TV and iQIYI in 63- and 60-episode versions.

Ashes of Time (东邪西毒)

Ashes of Time (东邪西毒) is Wong Kar-wai's 1994 Hong Kong wuxia art film adapted from Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes, starring Leslie Cheung as desert middleman Ouyang Feng; shot over two years in Shaanxi, it flopped commercially but won major awards, and was reissued as Redux in 2008.

Ashes of Time Redux

Ashes of Time Redux (東邪西毒:終極版) is Wong Kar-wai's 2008 recut and digital restoration of his 1994 wuxia film Ashes of Time, premiered at Cannes, re-scored with Yo-Yo Ma, shortened to 93 minutes, with seasonal intertitles.

Ashes to Ashes (British TV series)

Ashes to Ashes: BBC One British crime drama sequel to Life on Mars (2008-2010, 3 series, 24 episodes) following DI Alex Drake, shot in 2008, waking in 1981 London with DCI Gene Hunt.

Ashfall (film)

Ashfall, known in Korean as Baekdusan, is a 2019 South Korean disaster action film directed by Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byeong-seo about Mount Baekdu erupting.

Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (अशी ही बनवाबनवी)

Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (अशी ही बनवाबनवी) is a 1988 Marathi comedy directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar, a remake of Biwi Aur Makan, about four friends cross-dressing to rent a house; it grossed about ₹3 crore and was remade in five languages.

Ashildr

Ashildr, later called Me, is a Doctor Who character played by Maisie Williams in four 2015 Series 9 episodes. A Viking girl made immortal by a Mire repair kit, she appears as a highwayman, mayor of an alien London refugee camp, and last being at the end of time.

Ashish Sharma (आशीष शर्मा)

Ashish Sharma (आशीष शर्मा), also credited as Aashiesh Sharrma, is an Indian actor born in Delhi in 1984, known for Gunahon Ka Devta, Rangrasiya, Siya Ke Ram as Ram, winning Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7, and Khejdi.

Ashish Vidyarthi

Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor known for villain and character roles across Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil cinema, who won the National Film Award for Droh Kaal (1994).

Ashish Vidyarthi filmography

Ashish Vidyarthi filmography: career of the National Award-winning Indian actor known for villain and character roles in over 300 films across 11 languages, from Anand (1986) and Drohkaal (1994) to Aavesham and Kill (2024).

Ashita no Joe (あしたのジョー)

Ashita no Joe (あしたのジョー) is a 1968–1973 boxing manga by writer Asao Takamori (Ikki Kajiwara) and artist Tetsuya Chiba, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine; it follows Joe Yabuki and Danpei Tange, inspired two Osamu Dezaki anime series, and became a Japanese cultural landmark.

Ashleigh and Pudsey

Ashleigh and Pudsey, the dog act of trainer Ashleigh Butler and her border collie-bichon frise-Chinese crested cross Pudsey, won Britain's Got Talent 2012 with the Mission Impossible routine, taking £500,000; Pudsey died in 2017, succeeded by Sully.

Ashleigh Cummings

Ashleigh Cummings (born 1992, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) is an Australian actress known for Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Hounds of Love, NOS4A2, Citadel, and Long Bright River; 2016 Heath Ledger Scholarship winner and Venice Fedora Award Best Actress.