
March Comes In Like a Lion
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.
March Comes In Like a Lion
Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
2017-03-18
Runtime
138 minutes
Status
Released
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
Production Companies

Asmik Ace

TOHO

Hakusensha

AMUSE

Aniplex

The Asahi Shimbun

KDDI

dentsu

Robot Communications

Mainichi Shimbun

GYAO

Hulu Japan

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