Library Wars

Library Wars (2013)

図書館戦争

I want to protect books just like the one I admire

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.

Date of release
2013-04-27
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (34)
Runtime
2h 8m
Genres
Romance, Action, Fantasy
Director
Shinsuke Sato
Collection
図書館戦争 シリーズ

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Library War

Library Wars is a 2013 Japanese film based on the light novel series Library War by Hiro Arikawa. Produced by Sedic International and distributed by Toho, the film was directed by Shinsuke Sato from a script written by Akiko Nogi. It stars Junichi Okada as Atsushi Dojo and Nana Eikura as Iku Kasahara, alongside Kei Tanaka, Sota Fukushi, Naomi Nishida, Jun Hashimoto, Kazuma Suzuki, Kazuyuki Aijima, Kyusaku Shimada, Kiyoshi Kodama, Chiaki Kuriyama, and Kōji Ishizaka. In the film, Kasahara joins the Library Defense Force, an organization tasked to protect libraries against the Media Betterment Committee from censorship, where she meets Dojo as her instructor.

Production

A live-action film adaptation of the light novel series Library War by Hiro Arikawa was announced in August 2012, with Shinsuke Sato serving as the director. That month, Junichi Okada and Nana Eikura were cast as Atsushi Dojo and Iku Kasahara, respectively.

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