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.

6.9

138 min

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki

as Rei Kiriyama

Kasumi Arimura

as Kyoko Koda

Kana Kurashina

as Akari Kawamoto

Shota Sometani

as Harunobu Nikaido

Kaya Kiyohara

as Hinata Kawamoto

Kuranosuke Sasaki

as Kai Shimada

Ryo Kase

as Toji Soya

Gin Maeda

as Someji Kawamoto

Issey Takahashi

as Takashi Hayashida

Hideaki Ito

as Masamune Goto

Etsushi Toyokawa

as Sachika Koda

Ryo Iwamatsu

as Takanori Jinguji

Shigeru Saiki

as Sakutaro Yanagihara

Tomoya Nakamura

as Tatsuyuki Misumi

Hiroyuki Onoue

as Issa Matsumoto

Eita Okuno

as Junkei Yamazaki

Masahiro Komoto

as Manabu Yasui

Chise Niitsu

as Momo Kawamoto

Yuka Itaya

as Misaki

Director

Keishi Otomo