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March Comes In Like a Lion
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March Comes In Like a Lion

Mar 18, 2017
2h 18m
★ 7.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Asmik Ace
TOHO
Hakusensha
AMUSE
Aniplex
The Asahi Shimbun
KDDI
dentsu
Robot Communications
Mainichi Shimbun
GYAO
Hulu Japan
jeki

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Rei Kiriyama

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Kasumi Arimura

Kyoko Koda

Kasumi Arimura

Kana Kurashina

Akari Kawamoto

Kana Kurashina

Shota Sometani

Harunobu Nikaido

Shota Sometani

Kaya Kiyohara

Hinata Kawamoto

Kaya Kiyohara

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kai Shimada

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Ryo Kase

Toji Soya

Ryo Kase

Gin Maeda

Someji Kawamoto

Gin Maeda

Issey Takahashi

Takashi Hayashida

Issey Takahashi

Hideaki Ito

Masamune Goto

Hideaki Ito

Etsushi Toyokawa

Sachika Koda

Etsushi Toyokawa

Ryo Iwamatsu

Takanori Jinguji

Ryo Iwamatsu

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