Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

Drama: Fugitive Boys (English title) / We Did It (literal title)
Romaji: Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita
Japanese: 僕たちがやりました
Director: Takehiko Shinjo, Toichiro Ruto
Writer: Muneyuki Kaneshiro (manga), Akeji Fujimura (manga), Yuichi Tokunaga
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Episodes:
Release Date: July 18, 2017 (KTV) -- / July, 2017 (Fuji TV) --
Runtime: Tuesdays 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Tobio Masubuchi (Masataka Kubota) and his friends are ordinary high school students. Due to an incident, their peaceful days are about to change. Tobio’s friends are beaten by students from another high school in their neighborhood. Tobio and his friends scheme to get back the students from the other school. The day they are to carry out their plan, they see the other high school engulfed in flames. Tobio and his friends become suspects.

Cast
Masataka Kubota
Mei Nagano
Mackenyu
Shotaro Mamiya
Shono Hayama
Hiroki Konno
Rina Kawaei
Sae Okazaki
Itsuji Itao
Ikue Sakakibara
Asami Mizukawa
Shohei Miura
Arata Furuta

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Kimi wa Petto 2017

Drama: You're My Pet
Romaji: Kimi wa Petto
Japanese: きみはペット
Director: Izuru Kumasaka, Osamu Minorikawa
Writer: Yayoi Ogawa (manga), Fumie Koga, Yuuka Arai
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 16
Release Date: February 6, 2017 --
Runtime: Mondays
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Sumire Iwaya (Noriko Iriyama) works as an editor for a well known newspaper. She is attractive and graduated from a prestigious university.

She goes through a difficult period after being dumped by her boyfriend and getting demoted at work. One day, she picks up a beautiful young man, Takeshi Goda (Jun Shison), out of a box. Takeshi looks like her former pet Momo and Sumire offers to let Takeshi live in her home as her pet.

Cast
Noriko Iriyama
Jun Shison
Terunosuke Takezai
Yurina Yanagi
Kayo Noro
Sonomi
Yuumi Shida
Takashi Okabe
Oolong ta
Yoshida
Reiya Masaki

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BORDER2 Shokuzai SP

TV Movie: Border 2
Romaji: BORDER2 Shokuzai
Japanese: BORDER2 贖罪
Writer: Kazuki Kaneshiro
Network: TV Asahi
Release Date: Fall, 2017
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Story of Detective Ango Ishikawa who can see and talk with the dead continues.

Cast
Shun Oguri - Ango Ishikawa
Munetaka Aoki - Yuma Tachibana
Haru - Mika Higa
Arata Furuta - Akai
Kenichi Takito - Suzuki
Toru Nomaguchi - Hacker Garfunkel
Kenta Hamano - Hacker Simon
Kenichi Endo - Takuji Ichikura
Nao Omori - Chikao Ando

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Chinmoku Hotei

Drama: Silent Court (literal title)
Romaji: Chinmoku Hotei
Japanese: 沈黙法廷
Director: Makito Murakami, Yosuke Higashida
Writer: Joh Sasaki (novel), Masaya Ozaki, Hayato Miura
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 5
Release Date: September 24 - October 22, 2017
Runtime: Sundays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
In Akabane, Tokyo, an old person, who lived alone, is found dead. The elderly person was strangled to death. Detectives from the Akabane Police Station investigate the case. According to the victim's neighbors, a woman sometimes came in and out of the victim's home. That woman is Miki Yamamoto (Hiromi Nagasaku). She does housework for her customers. The detectives from Akabane Police Station visit Miki Yamamoto’s house. At that time, other detectives from Saitama Prefecture also arrive at Miki Yamamoto’s house. Multiple suspicious death cases have taken place at her prior clients' homes. The media begin covering the story as a serial killer case. Who is Miki Yamamoto? What is the truth behind the cases?

Cast
Hiromi Nagasaku
Hayato Ichihara
Koji Ookura
Asami Usuda
Izumi Fujimoto
Satoshi Judai
Masahiro Komoto
Akio Kaneda
Hiroyuki Onoue
Nahana
Daikichi Sugawara
Soichiro Kitamura
Tetta Sugimoto
Tetsushi Tanaka

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Million Yen Women

Drama: Million Yen Women
Romaji: 100 man en no Onna tachi
Japanese: 100万円の女たち
Director: Michihito Fujii
Writer: Shunju Aono (manga), Yoshitatsu Yamada, Yoshimiko Murooka, Yuuya Nakazono
Network: Netflix, TV Tokyo
Episodes: 12
Release Date: April 7, 2017 (Netflix) / April 13 - June 29, 2017 (TV Tokyo)
Runtime: Thursdays 25:00-25:30 (TV Tokyo)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Shin Michima (Yojiro Noda) is an unpopular novelist. He has lived with 5 mysterious women in the same house for half a year. Minami Shirakawa (Rila Fukushima) loves coffee. Hitomi Tsukamoto (Rena Matsui) loves black tea, yoga and reading good books. Yuki Kobayashi (Miwako Wagatsuma) is a polite woman and loves roasted green tea. Midori Suzumura (Rena Takeda) is a high school student and loves acerola juice. Nanaka Seki (Yuko Araki) loves drinking milk.

These 5 women pay Shin a million yen every month for rent and living expenses. They have roles in the house and questions about the women are banned.

Cast
Yojiro Noda
Rila Fukushima
Rena Matsui
Miwako Wagatsuma
Rena Takeda
Yuko Araki
Lily Franky
Takashi Yamanaka
Tomoya Nakamura
Tetsuhiro Ikeda

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Code Blue Season 3

Drama: Code Blue Season 3
Romaji: Kodo Buru ~ Dokuta Heri Kinkyu Kyumei
Japanese: コード・ブルー～ドクターヘリ緊急救命～
Director: Masaki Nishiura, Hiroki Hayama, Ryo Tanaka
Writer: Naoko Adachi
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: July 17 - September 18, 2017
Runtime: Mondays 21:00
TV Ratings: 14.6%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Kousaku Aizawa (Tomohisa Yamashita), Megumi Shiraishi (Yui Aragaki), Mihoko Hiyama (Erika Toda), Kazuo Fuikawa (Yosuke Asari) and Haruka Saejima (Manami Higa) have worked and pursued careers down different paths.

Kousaku Aizawa left the hospital emergency room. He now works as a brain surgeon. Megumi Shiraishi works hard as a staff leader for flight doctors at a hospital emergency room. Mihoko Hiyama wanted to become a flight doctor in th past, but she left the hospital emergency room and now works as an ob-gyn. Kazuo Fuikawa works as a emergency physician specializing in orthopedics and works with Megumi Shiraishi. Haruka Saejima still works as a nurse for flight doctors.

They each live fiercely and face new situations.

Cast
Tomohisa Yamashita
Yui Aragaki
Erika Toda
Manami Higa
Yosuke Asari
Daiki Arioka
Ryo Narita
Yuko Araki
Fumika Baba
Masanobu Ando
Kippei Shiina
Ryo
Tetta Sugimoto
Susumu Terajima

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Kiseki: Sobito of That Day

Movie: Kiseki: Sobito of That Day
Romaji: Kiseki Ano Hi no Sobito
Japanese: キセキ あの日のソビト
Director: Atsushi Kaneshige
Writer: Hiroshi Saito
Producer: Kentaro Koike
Cinematographer: Mitsunori Kougo
Release Date: January 28, 2017
Runtime: 111 min.
Genre: Music
Distributor: Toei
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Based on the true story of 4 member Japanese pop group "GreeeeN.” Jin (Tori Matsuzaka) is the producer of “GreeeeN” and his younger brother Hide is the lead member for the group. Their song "Kiseki" is released as their 7th single, becomes a huge hit. Hide and the other 3 members have others jobs including working as a dentist.

Cast
Tori Matsuzaka
Masaki Suda
Shiori Kutsuna
Yuna Taira
Yumi Asou
Kaoru Kobayashi
Ryusei Yokohama
Ryo Narita
Yosuke Sugino
Saori Koide
Eita Okuno
Toru Nomaguchi

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Gukoroku: Traces of Sin

Movie: Gukoroku: Traces of Sin (English title) / Record of Folly (literal title)
Romaji: Gukoroku
Japanese: 愚行録
Director: Kei Ishikawa
Writer: Tokuro Nukui (novel), Kosuke Mukai
Producer: Makoto Kakurai
Cinematographer: Piotr Niemyjski
World Premiere: September 6, 2016 (Venice Film Festival)
Release Date: February 18, 2017
Runtime: 120 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Distributor: Warner Bros., Office Kitano
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
An elite salary man, his wife and and their child are murdered by an unknown assailant. The case initially made the headlines, but it is now an unsolved case.

One year later, Tanaka (Satoshi Tsumabuki) begins to cover the unsolved murder case. He is a reporter for a weekly magazine. Through an interview with someone who knew the murdered couple, Tanaka learns the murdered couple was far from the ideal couple that they appeared. The truth of the case begins to appear.

Cast
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Hikari Mitsushima
Keisuke Koide
Asami Usuda
Yui Ichikawa
Wakana Matsumoto
Tomoya Nakamura
Hidekazu Mashima
Mari Hamada
Mitsuru Hirata

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Close Knit

Movie: Close-Knit (English title) / When They Knit Seriously (literal title)
Romaji: Karera ga Honki de Amu Toki wa
Japanese: 彼らが本気で編むときは、
Director: Naoko Ogigami
Writer: Naoko Ogigami
Producer: Kumi Kobata, Mayumi Amano, Noriaki Takagi, Masashi Igarashi
Cinematographer: Kozo Shibasaki
Release Date: February 25, 2017
Runtime: 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Transgender
Distributor: Suurkiitos
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
11-year-old Tomo (Rinka Kakihara) lives with mother Hiromi (Mimura), but Hiromi decides to give up on her and leaves their home. Tomo, now all alone, visits her uncle Makio's (Kenta Kiritani) home. Makio lives with his beautiful girlfriend Rinko (Toma Ikuta). Rinko was born as a man and now works as a caregiver at a home for the elderly. Tomo is a little confused by the situation, but they begin to live as a family.

Cast
Toma Ikuta
Kenta Kiritani
Rinka Kakihara
Mimura
Eiko Koike
Mugi Kadowaki
Shuuji Kashiwabara
Kaito Komie
Lily
Misako Tanaka

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The Land of Rain Trees

Movie: The Land of Rain Trees (English title)

Romaji: Rein Tsuri no Kuni

Japanese: レインツリーの国

Director: Yoshishige Miyake

Writer: Hiro Arikawa (novel), Chiho Watanabe

Producer: Yoshio Yokozawa, Yoshikuni Murata, Misato Iijima, Keiichi Shigematsu, Takako Oki

Cinematographer: Hiro Yanagida

Release Date: November 21, 2015

Runtime: 108 min.

Genre: Romance

Distributor: Showgate

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Plot

Nobuyuki Sakisaka (Yuta Tamamori) is a salaryman. When he was in middle school student, he read light novel "Fairy Game”. He still has that light novel, because he was so shocked by the ending. One day, Nobuyuki Sakisaka browses the internet and comes across the blog "Rein Tsuri no Kuni.” He learns that the blog writer, Rika Hitomi (Mariya Nishiuchi), also was shocked by the ending in light novel "Fairy Game." Nobuyuki and Rika soon begin to exchange emails. Nobuyuki wants to meet Rika, but she refuses due to her secret.

Cast

Yuta Tamamori

Mariya Nishiuchi

Kanna Mori

Joji Abe

Shigenori Yamazaki

Ainosuke Kataoka

Kenichi Yajima

Yumi Asou

Ren Osugi

Atsuko Takahata

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Blade of the Immortal

Movie: Blade of the Immortal / The Inhabitant of Infinity (literal title)
Romaji: Mugen no Junin
Japanese: 無限の住人
Director: Takashi Miike
Writer: Hiroaki Samura (manga), Tetsuya Oishi
Producer: Hiroyoshi Koiwai, Misako Saka, Shigeji Maeda, Jeremy Thomas
Cinematographer: Nobuyasu Kita
Release Date: April 29, 2017
Runtime: 140 min.
Genre: Action / Based on a Comic
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Manji's (Takuya Kimura) younger sister is killed in front of him. With his wrecked body, he takes revenge for his younger sister. A mysterious woman appears in front of Manji. She gives him eternal youth and immortality.

Rin Asano’s parents are killed by the swordsmen group "Itto ryu” and her parents’ fencing studio is destroyed. To take revenge for her parents' death, she asks Manji to be her guard.

Rin and Manji begin their fight against "Itto ryu”.

Cast
Takuya Kimura
Hana Sugisaki
Sota Fukushi
Hayato Ichihara
Erika Toda
Kazuki Kitamura
Chiaki Kuriyama
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Ken Kaneko
Yoko Yamamoto
Ebizo Ichikawa
Min Tanaka
Tsutomu Yamazaki

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Itazurana Kiss The Movie: Campus

Movie: Itazurana Kiss The Movie: Campus
Romaji: Itazura na Kiss THE MOVIE2 Kyanpasu hen
Japanese: イタズラなKiss THE MOVIE2 キャンパス編
Director: Minoru Mizoguchi
Writer: Kaoru Tada (manga), Minoru Mizoguchi
Producer: Minami Ichikawa, Koji Hyakutake
Cinematographer: Kazuaki Yoshizawa
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Runtime: 104 min.
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Distributor: Gaga Corporation
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Naoki (Kanta Sato) and Kotoko (Reina Visa) enter the same university. Naoki majors in science and technology, while Kotoko majors in literature. A beautiful student, Yuko Matsumoto, appears in front of Naoki. Kotoko is shaken by her new rival in love.

Cast
Kanta Sato
Reina Visa
Nonoka Yamaguchi
Shimon Okura
Atsuki Tomori
Takanori Jinnai
Hidehiko Ishizuka
Anju Suzuki
Tetsuya Makita
Ayane Nagabuchi
Ruiki Sato
Sarii Ikegami
Kento Yamaguchi

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Hanzai Shokogun Season 1

Drama: Criminal Syndrome Season 1 (English title)
Romaji: Hanzai Shokogun Season 1
Japanese: 犯罪症候群 Season 1
Director: Shosuke Murakami, Junichi Tsuzuki
Writer: Tokuro Nukui (novel), Eriko Shinozaki, Junichiro Taniguchi
Network: Tokai TV
Episodes: 8
Release Date: April 8 - May 27, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 23:40
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
"Hanzai Shokogun" Season 1 and Season 2 follows Takashi Muto (Tetsuji Tamayama) and Mamoru Kabugari (Shosuke Tanihara) who lost the same person. She is the younger sister of Takashi Muto and the girlfriend of Mamoru Kabugari. "Season 1" focuses on Takashi Muto's story and "Season 2" focuses on Mamoru Kabugari.

Takashi Muto is a detective full of justice. When he was young, he lost his parents. He still has his younger sister whom he cares for a lot, but she is murdered. The killer is a minor and he is able to avoid punishment. Takashi decides to take revenge on him, but the murderer kills himself. Takashi quits his job as a detective. One year later, he takes on a special mission which the investigation division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department can not perform.

Cast
Tetsuji Tamayama
Shosuke Tanihara
Atsuro Watabe
Masahiro Komoto
Mimura
Mayu Tsuruta
Hiyori Sakurada
Jun Kaname
Sho Ikushima

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Hokuto

Drama: Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion (literal title)
Romaji: Hokuto Aru Satsujinsha no Kaishin
Japanese: 北斗 ある殺人者の回心
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writer: Ira Ishida (novel), Tomoyuki Takimoto
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 5
Release Date: March 25 - April 22, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
As a child, Hokuto Hashizume (Yuma Nakayama) was abused severely by his own parents. He never experienced being loved. He stayed at a children's home and then as a teen he met his foster parent Ayako Kondo. For the first time, Hokuto learns what love is and feels happiness, but he becomes a murderer.

20-years-old Hokuto tells his lawyer “Please execute me.”

Cast
Yuma Nakayama
Suzuki Matsuo
Jun Murakami
Yuko Nakamura
Sairi Itoh
Satoshi Nikaido
Toshie Negishi
Go Riju
Kenichi Yajima
Fusako Urabe
Kensuke Owada
Anna Yamada
Yumiko Fujita
Ruki Ohnishi
Kyusaku Shimada

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Border Shoudou ~Kenshikan Higa Mika~

Date: From 9.00 p.m., 6 & 13 October 2017
Scriptwriter: Kaneshiro Kazuki (Okusama wa Toriatsukai Chuui, Crisis, Border)
Cast: Haru, Kudo Asuka, Ishimaru Kanji
Synopsis: 
Higa Mika (Haru) is an assistant at Eisho University’s school of forensic medicine. She works under Professor Asakawa Toru (Ishimaru Kanji) who has helped to solve a number of difficult cases through a combination of forensic medicine and criminal psychology, and even appeared on TV programmes as a commentator. However, he got to this position owing to hints from Mika to solve cases. Mika originally wanted to be a physician but became aware of the appeal of forensic medicine when she was in university. She has been feeling gloomy that she cannot be given independence in this male-dominated world. This is despite the experience she has gained in postmortem and autopsy, and Asakawa’s recognition of her exceptional observation skills and intuition. At that moment, the body of a female junior high school student who was strangled to death is found in the jurisdiction of Nishihara Police Precinct in Tokyo. In addition, the body is in a brutalised state that repulses people. As Ogura Akane (Kiyohara Kaya) and other students receive word of the sudden, violent death of their classmate, sorrow and fear show on their faces. Meanwhile, Mika is brought by Asakawa to the scene where the dead body was discovered. However, Asakawa’s perfunctory profiling and high-handed attitude puts off Detective Nakazawa Fumiaki (Kudo Asuka) of Nishihara Police Precinct’s First Investigative. Then a second murder occurs … …

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Rental no Koi

Drama: Rental Lover (English title)
Romaji: Rentaru no Koi
Japanese: レンタルの恋
Director: Akihiko Watase, Yusuke Ito
Writer: Shigenori Tanabe
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 18 - March, 23 2017
Runtime: Wednesdays 00:10-00:40 (30 min.)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Remi Takasugi (Ayame Gouriki) works for "Rental Lovers" which offers women for dates. She is the most popular woman at the company. Remi Takasugi carries out requests from her customers, but she does not provide sexual service. She figures out her customer's tastes and becomes the ideal date for her them. When she finishes her work, she never smiles and she wears bandage around her neck.

Cast
Ayame Gouriki
Taiga
Yukino Kishii
Kentaro
Mikie Hara
Yu Nobue
Ayana Kaneda
Sho Kiyohara
Yoichi Nukumizu

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Demo, Kekkon Shitai! SP

Date: 4 April 2017, 10 p.m., on Fuji TV / Kansai TV
Cast: Kuriyama Chiaki, Kaname Jun, Sano Hinako, Fujimori Shingo (Oriental Radio), Saito Shinji (Jungle Pocket), Ito Shuko
Original work: BL Mangaka Desukedo Kekkon Shitemo Iidesuka? (autobiographical manga) by Fujimoto Haruki
Scriptwriter: Nagata Yuko
Genre: Romance, comedy

Synopsis: 
Fujita Haruko (Kuriyama Chiaki) is a manga artist who draws BL (Boys’ Love) manga under the pen name of Fujimoto Haruki. Soon to be 34 years old, she realises that she has lived a life engrossed in her work without any thought of the future. Encouraged by her assistant, Tachibana Kiriko (Sano Hinako), she begins going to marriage parties in hopes of finding someone. However, her past of being rejected by previous boyfriends due to her career choice and interest leaves her shy and unable to speak out. Will she find love and marry?

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Peach Girl

Movie: Peach Girl
Romaji: Pichi Garu
Japanese: ピーチガール
Director: Koji Shintoku
Writer: Miwa Ueda (manga), Junpei Yamaoka
Producer:
Cinematographer: Takashi Komatsu
Release Date: May 20, 2017
Runtime: 116 min.
Genre: Teen-Romance
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Momo Adachi (Mizuki Yamamoto) is a female high school student. She appears to be a wild girl due to her tan skin and dyed hair, but she is a actually naive and sweet student. Since her days in middle school, Momo Adachi has secretly held feelings for classmate Toji (Mackenyu). Meanwhile, the most popular male student, Kairi Okayasu (Kei Inoo), becomes interested in her. Her friend Sae (Mei Nagano) is jealous of her and tries to block Toji from Momo. Momo is conflicted with Toji and Kairi, but she has to make a decision.

Cast
Mizuki Yamamoto
Kei Inoo
Mackenyu
Mei Nagano
Yuika Motokariya
Kensei Mikami
Takeshi Masu
Momoko Kikuchi

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Hirunaka no Ryuusei (Daytime Shooting Star)

Movie: Daytime Shooting Star (literal title)
Romaji: Hirunaka no Ryuusei
Japanese: ひるなかの流星
Director: Takehiko Shinjo
Writer: Mika Yamamori (manga), Naoko Adachi
Producer: Kazutaka Ohara, Juichi Uehara, Kasumi Yao
Cinematographer: Mitsuru Komiyama
Release Date: March 24, 2017
Runtime:
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Suzume Yosano (Mei Nagano) is a first grade high school student. She lived in the countryside, but, due to her parents transferring overseas for work, Suzume now lives in Tokyo with her uncle (Ryuta Sato). Suzume has never had a boyfriend before, but she has feelings for her homeroom teacher Satsuki Shishio (Shohei Miura). Meanwhile, her classmate, Daiki Mamura (Aran Shirahama), becomes attracted to Suzume.

Cast
Mei Nagano - Suzume Yosano
Shohei Miura - Satsuki Shishio
Aran Shirahama - Daiki Mamura
Maika Yamamoto - Yuyuka Nekota
Ryuta Sato - Yukichi Kumamoto
Naomi Nishida - Satoko Yosano
Trailers

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March Goes out Like a Lamb

Movie: March Goes out Like a Lamb (English title) / March’s Lion Latter Part (literal title)
Romaji: San gatsu no Lion Kohen
Japanese: 3月のライオン 後編
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Writer: Chica Umino (manga)
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: April 22, 2017
Runtime: 139 min.
Distributor: Toho, Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Rei Kiriyama (Ryunosuke Kamiki) 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.

Cast
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Kasumi Arimura
Kana Kurashina
Shota Sometani
Kaya Kiyohara
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Ryo Kase
Gin Maeda
Issei Takahashi
Hideaki Ito

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