March Comes In Like a Lion

March Comes In Like a Lion

2017 · 138 min · JA · 7.0 (24 votes)
Dir. Keishi Otomo · Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kasumi Arimura, Kana Kurashina, Shota Sometani, Kaya Kiyohara, Kuranosuke Sasaki · Music Yugo Kanno · March Comes in Like a Lion Collection
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.

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A quiet, introspective journey through grief and loneliness, finding solace in unexpected connections. It's a gentle, heartwarming exploration of finding family and oneself, told with a delicate, character-focused touch.

melancholicheartwarmingintrospectivegentlehopefulslow-burnslice-of-lifemanga adaptationcharacter-drivenquiet dramagrieffound familylonelinesscoming-of-ageresilience
japanbased on mangashogi
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