March Comes In Like a Lion

2h 18min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Asmik Ace

TOHO

Hakusensha

AMUSE

Aniplex

The Asahi Shimbun

KDDI

dentsu

Robot Communications

Mainichi Shimbun

GYAO

Hulu Japan

jeki

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Rei Kiriyama
Kasumi Arimura

Kasumi Arimura

Kyoko Koda
Kana Kurashina

Kana Kurashina

Akari Kawamoto
Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Harunobu Nikaido
Kaya Kiyohara

Kaya Kiyohara

Hinata Kawamoto
Ryo Kase

Ryo Kase

Toji Soya
Gin Maeda

Gin Maeda

Someji Kawamoto
Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Takashi Hayashida
Hideaki Ito

Hideaki Ito

Masamune Goto
Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Sachika Koda
Ryo Iwamatsu

Ryo Iwamatsu

Takanori Jinguji
Shigeru Saiki

Shigeru Saiki

Sakutaro Yanagihara
Tomoya Nakamura

Tomoya Nakamura

Tatsuyuki Misumi
Hiroyuki Onoue

Hiroyuki Onoue

Issa Matsumoto
Eita Okuno

Eita Okuno

Junkei Yamazaki
Masahiro Koumoto

Masahiro Koumoto

Manabu Yasui
Chise Niitsu

Chise Niitsu

Momo Kawamoto

Release date

18th Mar 2017

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語