The Hungry Lion (film)
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| The Hungry Lion | |
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| Directed by | Takaomi Ogata |
| Written by | Takaomi Ogata Fuki Ikeda |
| Produced by | Takaomi Ogata Hiroyuki Onogawa |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Kenichi Negishi |
| Edited by | Yumi Sawai |
| Music by | Makoto Tanaka |
Production company | Paranoid Kitchen |
| Distributed by | Geta Films |
Release dates | 27 October 2017 (Tokyo International Film Festival) 15 September 2018 (Japan) |
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, starring Urara Matsubayashi, Atomu Mizuishi, Mariko Tsutsui, Nanami Hidaka and Sakiko Kato.
Cast[edit]
- Urara Matsubayashi as Hitomo Sugimoto
- Atomu Mizuishi as Hiroki Fujigawa
- Mariko Tsutsui as Yuko Sugimoto
- Nanami Hidaka as Nanami Oda
- Sakiko Kato as Moe Sasaki
- Tomomi Sugai as Misaki Kinoshita
- Miku Uehara as Asuka Sugimoto
- Daikichi Sugawara as Tetsuya Kondo
- Toshimitsu Kokido as Tsuyoshi Hosono
- Makoto Shinada as Kohei Nishijima
- Gaku Hosokawa as Atsushi Togawa
Release[edit]
The film premiered at the 2017 Tokyo International Film Festival on 27 October.[1]
Reception[edit]
Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "timely critique that will doubtless fall on deaf ears."[2]
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."[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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.
