3-gatsu no raion zenpen

Mar 18 2017 N/A 2h 18m
Drama, Sport

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.

Plot

17-year-old Kiriyama Rei is a promising professional shogi player. His family died in an accident when he was young, and he was adopted by his father's friend Koda, a professional shogi player, and started to be trained to play shogi with his foster brother and sister. He had to leave his foster family after conflicts with them, trying to live independently without family, friends or anyone care about him. Things started to change when he met the Kawamoto sisters, a family who decided to take care of him and protect him as one of their own. Meanwhile, Rei becomes acquaintances to many different kinds of professional shogi players as he plays with them, and his bond with those players starts to change his attitude toward shogi.

Written by

Chika Umino, Yuko Iwashita, Ryôhei Watanabe

Directed by

Keishi Otomo

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kasumi Arimura, Kaya Kiyohara

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Toho, Asmik Ace

Languages

Awards

1 nomination

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# of Votes
404
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
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