March Comes in Like a Lion (2017)

• 138 minutes •  6.9/10

Starring: Ryunosuke Kamiki Kasumi Arimura Kana Kurashina Shota Sometani Kaya Kiyohara Kuranosuke Sasaki Ryo Kase Gin Maeda and others.

Director: Keishi Otomo Writer: Keishi Otomo Ryohei Watanabe Yuko Iwashita

Released • March 18, 2017

Rei Kiriyama (Ryunosuke Kamiki) 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…