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March Comes In Like a Lion
Genres
Drama
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
138 min
Release Date
2017-03-18
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
22
Vote Average
6.9
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Rei Kiriyama
Kasumi Arimura
Kyoko Koda
Kana Kurashina
Akari Kawamoto
Shota Sometani
Harunobu Nikaido
Kaya Kiyohara
Hinata Kawamoto
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Kai Shimada
Ryo Kase
Toji Soya
Gin Maeda
Someji Kawamoto
Issey Takahashi
Takashi Hayashida
Hideaki Ito
Masamune Goto
Etsushi Toyokawa
Sachika Koda
Ryo Iwamatsu
Takanori Jinguji
Shigeru Saiki
Sakutaro Yanagihara
Tomoya Nakamura
Tatsuyuki Misumi
Hiroyuki Onoue
Issa Matsumoto
Eita Okuno
Junkei Yamazaki
Masahiro Komoto
Manabu Yasui
Chise Niitsu
Momo Kawamoto
Yuka Itaya
Misaki
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