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LIBRARY WARS (図書館戦争)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Action/Adventure, Drama, Science-fiction - 128 minutes

Log Line

‘With our own hands, we will preserve freedom...’
Their battle for books and the freedom to know begins now.

Previous markets

  • Berlin EFM 2013 (Debut)
  • FILMART 2013 (Premiere)
  • Cannes 2013 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Shinsuke SATO
Writer(s) : Akiko NOGI
Cast : Junichi OKADA, Nana EIKURA

Producer(s) : Tamako TSUJIMOTO (TBS)

Synopsis

In 2019, public anger at media excess has led to censorship of television, newspapers, the internet, books, movies, and music under the ‘Media Betterment Act’. To fight the armed ‘Betterment Squads’ that go around destroying objectionable materials, the nation’s libraries have formed their own para-military ‘Library Corps’. Iku Kasahara (Nana Eikura) is a new recruit to the corps, where her instructor and squad leader is Atsushi Dojo (Junichi Okada). At first repelled by his by-the-book approach to leadership, she is gradually won over by his commitment to their battle for ‘books’ and ‘the freedom to know.’

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Country(ies) : JAPAN


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