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Library Wars

Library Wars

Library Wars

Library Wars

I want to protect books just like the one I admire

2013•2h 8m•

★6.2(32 ratings)

RomanceActionFantasy

Overview

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.

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Main Cast

Junichi Okada

Junichi Okada

Atsushi Dōjō

Nana Eikura

Nana Eikura

Iku Kasahara

Chiaki Kuriyama

Chiaki Kuriyama

Asako Shibasaki

Kei Tanaka

Kei Tanaka

Mikihisa Komaki

Sota Fukushi

Sota Fukushi

Hikaru Tezuka

Kazuma Suzuki

Kazuma Suzuki

Kenji Takeyama

Koji Ishizaka

Koji Ishizaka

Iwao Nishina

Jun Hashimoto

Jun Hashimoto

Ryusuke Kenta

Naomi Nishida

Naomi Nishida

Maki Orikuchi

Ryōta Wada

Ryōta Wada

Ozuno Nakamura

Ozuno Nakamura

Nobuhiro Fukushima

Nobuhiro Fukushima

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Shinsuke Sato
Action Director: Yuji Shimomura

Writing

Novel: Hiro Arikawa
Screenplay: Akiko Nogi

Production

Casting: Yuriko Kitada
Co-Producer: Koji Yoshida

Music & Sound

Music Producer: Hirohide Shida

Art Direction

Decorator: Mitsuse Matsuda

Keywords

japanlibrarycensorship

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Did You Know?

#1

The film's tagline is: "I want to protect books just like the one I admire"

#2

The original title is "図書館戦争" (JA).

#3

The runtime is 128 minutes (2h 8m).

#4

The film was directed by Shinsuke Sato.

#5

The screenplay was written by Akiko Nogi.

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This title is listed on IMDb as tt2315236.

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Rating

6.2/10

Average

32 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

図書館戦争

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

15

Language:

日本語

Country of Origin:

Japan

Production Companies:

TBS

TBS

WOWOW FILMS

WOWOW FILMS

Hokkaido Broadcasting

Hokkaido Broadcasting

TOHO

TOHO

MBS

MBS

WOWOW

WOWOW

CBC

CBC

Sedic International

Sedic International

J Storm

J Storm

KADOKAWA Shoten

KADOKAWA Shoten

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