March Comes In Like a Lion (2017)

  • NR
  • 03/18/2017 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 2h 18m

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.

Keishi Otomo

Director, Writer

Ryohei Watanabe

Writer

Yuko Iwashita

Writer

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki's headshot

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Rei Kiriyama
Kasumi Arimura's headshot

Kasumi Arimura

Kyoko Koda
Kana Kurashina's headshot

Kana Kurashina

Akari Kawamoto
Shota Sometani's headshot

Shota Sometani

Harunobu Nikaido
Kaya Kiyohara's headshot

Kaya Kiyohara

Hinata Kawamoto
Kuranosuke Sasaki's headshot

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kai Shimada
Ryo Kase's headshot

Ryo Kase

Toji Soya
Gin Maeda's headshot

Gin Maeda

Someji Kawamoto

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