March Comes In Like a Lion

2017

2h 18m

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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.

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Writers

Keishi Otomo(writer by)
Ryohei Watanabe(writer by)
Yuko Iwashita(writer by)
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Ryunosuke Kamiki
Rei Kiriyama
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Kasumi Arimura
Kyoko Koda
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Kana Kurashina
Akari Kawamoto
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Shota Sometani
Harunobu Nikaido
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Kaya Kiyohara
Hinata Kawamoto
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Ryo Kase
Toji Soya
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Gin Maeda
Someji Kawamoto
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Issey Takahashi
Takashi Hayashida
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Hideaki Ito
Masamune Goto
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Etsushi Toyokawa
Sachika Koda
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Ryo Iwamatsu
Takanori Jinguji
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Shigeru Saiki
Sakutaro Yanagihara
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Tomoya Nakamura
Tatsuyuki Misumi
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Hiroyuki Onoue
Issa Matsumoto
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Eita Okuno
Junkei Yamazaki
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Masahiro Koumoto
Manabu Yasui
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Chise Niitsu
Momo Kawamoto

Directors

Writers

Keishi Otomo(writer by)
Ryohei Watanabe(writer by)
Yuko Iwashita(writer by)

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Release date

March 18, 2017 (United States)

Country of origin

Japan

Language

Japanese

Production companies

Asmik Ace
TOHO

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