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| The Hungry Lion | |
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| Directed by | Takaomi Ogata [ja] |
| Written by | Takaomi Ogata Fuki Ikeda |
| Produced by | Takaomi Ogata Hiroyuki Onogawa |
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| Cinematography | Kenichi Negishi |
| Edited by | Yumi Sawai |
| Music by | Makoto Tanaka |
| Production company | Paranoid Kitchen |
| Distributed by | Geta Films |
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| Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Hungry Lion (Japanese: 飢えたライオン) is a 2017 Japanese drama film directed by Takaomi Ogata [ja], starring Urara Matsubayashi, Atomu Mizuishi, Mariko Tsutsui, Nanami Hidaka [ja] and Sakiko Kato.
Cast
- Urara Matsubayashi as Hitomo Sugimoto
- Atomu Mizuishi as Hiroki Fujigawa
- Mariko Tsutsui as Yuko Sugimoto
- Nanami Hidaka [ja] as Nanami Oda
- Sakiko Kato as Moe Sasaki
- Tomomi Sugai as Misaki Kinoshita
- Miku Uehara [ja] as Asuka Sugimoto
- Daikichi Sugawara [ja] as Tetsuya Kondo
- Toshimitsu Kokido [ja] as Tsuyoshi Hosono
- Makoto Shinada [ja] as Kohei Nishijima
- Gaku Hosokawa [ja] as Atsushi Togawa
Release
The film premiered at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival on 27 October.
Reception
Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "timely critique that will doubtless fall on deaf ears."
Mark Schilling of The Japan Times rated the film 4 stars out of 5 and wrote that with "cool restraint and precision" it "illustrates the process by which the internet destroys, celebrates and forgets a young life touched by scandal."
References
- ^ Schilling, Mark (19 September 2018). "'The Hungry Lion': A nuanced account of the social media nightmare we all fear". The Japan Times. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- Lowe, Justin (7 December 2018). "'The Hungry Lion' ('Ueta Lion'): Film Review | Hawaii 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 November 2022.