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March Comes in Like a Lion (2017)
Directed by Keishi Otomo
Overview
Rei Kiriyama is a 17-years-old shogi (Japanese chess) player. He debuted as a professional shogi player when he was in middle school. He lives by himself in Tokyo, because his parents and younger sister died in an traffic accident when he was little. One day, Rei Kiriyama meets three sisters who are his neighbors. The three sisters are Akari Kawamoto, Hinata Kawamoto and Momo Kawamoto. This is his first meeting with someone outside of the shogi world in many years. Having meals with the Kawamoto family brings warm feelings to Rei Kiriyama. As Rei Kiriyama continues his shogi career, his interactions with his neighbors allows him to grow as a shogi player and as a person.
Length 138 minutes
Actors
Ryûnosuke Kamiki | Kasumi Arimura | Kana Kurashina | Shota Sometani | Kaya Kiyohara | Kuranosuke Sasaki | Ryo Kase | Gin Maeda | Issey Takahashi | Hideaki Ito | Etsushi Toyokawa | Ryo Iwamatsu | Shigeru Saiki | Tomoya Nakamura | Hiroyuki Onoue | Eita Okuno | Masahiro Komoto | Chise Niitsu | Yuka Itaya