Library Wars (2013)
Toshokan sensô
I want to protect books just like the one I admire
128 min
Set in the year 2019 in Japan. In order to crack down on free expression, a new law is passed, which allows for the government to create an armed force to find and destroy objectionable printed material. Meanwhile, to oppose this oppressive crackdown, the Library Force is created. The Library force, including instructor Atsushi Dojo and Iku Kasahara, work to protect the libraries. A fierce battle then ensues between these two groups.
- Release date
- April 27, 2013
- Country of origin
- Japan
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Trailer
Cast
- Jun'ichi Okada as Atsushi Dôjô
- Nana Eikura as Iku Kasahara
- Chiaki Kuriyama as Asako Shibasaki
- Kei Tanaka as Mikihisa Komaki
- Sôta Fukushi as Hikaru Tezuka
- Kazuma Suzuki as Kenji Takeyama
- Kôji Ishizaka as Gen Nishina
- Jun Hashimoto as Ryusuke Kenta
- Naomi Nishida as Maki Origuchi
- Ozuno Nakamura
- Masanori Mimoto
- Kyūsaku Shimada as Hiraga
Crew
- Shinsuke Satô · Director
- Hiro Arikawa · Writer
- Akiko Nogi · Writer
- Tamako Tsujimoto · Producer
- Yû Takami · Composer
- Taro Kawazu · Cinematographer
- Tsuyoshi Imai · Editor
- Yuriko Kitada · Casting director