March Comes In Like a Lion

Rei Kiriyama is a seventeen-year-old professional shogi player living alone in Tokyo. Having lost his parents and younger sister in a childhood traffic accident, he has spent years isolated from anyone outside the world of Japanese chess. His life changes when he meets three neighboring sisters, Akari, Hinata, and Momo Kawamoto. Sharing meals with their family provides Rei with a sense of warmth and emotional support, helping him mature both as an individual and as a competitor in his professional career.

The drama was directed by Keishi Otomo, who also co-wrote the screenplay alongside Ryohei Watanabe and Yuko Iwashita. This 2017 production follows Otomo's work on the first three Rurouni Kenshin films. The movie stars Ryunosuke Kamiki in the lead role, with a supporting cast that includes Kasumi Arimura, Kana Kurashina, Shota Sometani, Kaya Kiyohara, and Kuranosuke Sasaki. Produced by Robot Communications, TOHO, dentsu, and Asmik Ace, the film has a runtime of 138 minutes. On TMDB, the film holds a rating of 7/10 based on 24 votes.