March Comes in Like a Lion - 2017

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.

138min
2017
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.6/10

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki profile pictureRyunosuke KamikiRei Kiriyama
Kasumi Arimura profile pictureKasumi ArimuraKyoko Koda
Kana Kurashina profile pictureKana KurashinaAkari Kawamoto
Shota Sometani profile pictureShota SometaniHarunobu Nikaido
Kaya Kiyohara profile pictureKaya KiyoharaHinata Kawamoto
Ryo Kase profile pictureRyo KaseToji Soya
Gin Maeda profile pictureGin MaedaSomeji Kawamoto
Issey Takahashi profile pictureIssey TakahashiTakashi Hayashida
Hideaki Ito profile pictureHideaki ItoMasamune Goto
Etsushi Toyokawa profile pictureEtsushi ToyokawaSachika Koda
Ryo Iwamatsu profile pictureRyo IwamatsuTakanori Jinguji
Shigeru Saiki profile pictureShigeru SaikiSakutaro Yanagihara
Tomoya Nakamura profile pictureTomoya NakamuraTatsuyuki Misumi
Hiroyuki Onoue profile pictureHiroyuki OnoueIssa Matsumoto
Eita Okuno profile pictureEita OkunoJunkei Yamazaki
Masahiro Koumoto profile pictureMasahiro KoumotoManabu Yasui
Chise Niitsu profile pictureChise NiitsuMomo Kawamoto

About March Comes in Like a Lion

March Comes in Like a Lion 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.

Runtime: 138min

Extra details

Original Title: 3月のライオン 前編
Original Language: Japanese
Directed By: Keishi Otomo
Production Companies
Asmik AceToho