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March Comes In Like a Lion

2017 • 2h18m Drama

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Keishi Otomo

Screenplay

Yuko Iwashita

Ryohei Watanabe

Keishi Otomo

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Kasumi Arimura

Kana Kurashina

Release date

3/18/2017

Status

Released

Origin country

JP

Vote count

23