March Comes In Like a Lion (2017)

6.9/10 138 min 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.

Cast

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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