March Comes in Like a Lion
1991 1h 58m movie Film Japan

March Comes in Like a Lion

三月のライオン

Synopsis

三月のライオン

The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him.

The 1990–1992 Japan Window

March Comes in Like a Lion holds position #45 of 107 Japan films in the 1990–1992 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Chibi Maruko-chan
    #1

    Chibi Maruko-chan

    ★ 9.0 · 1990
  2. Yu Yu Hakusho
    #2

    Yu Yu Hakusho

    ★ 8.6 · 1992
  3. Tokyo Love Story
    #3

    Tokyo Love Story

    ★ 8.6 · 1991
  4. Sailor Moon
    #4

    Sailor Moon

    ★ 8.4 · 1992
  5. Moomin
    #5

    Moomin

    ★ 8.4 · 1990
  6. Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
    #6

    Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai

    ★ 8.2 · 1991
  7. Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!
    #7

    Ranma ½: The Movie 2 — The Battle of Togenkyo: Rescue the Brides!

    ★ 8.1 · 1992
  8. Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band
    #8

    Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band

    ★ 8.1 · 1991

The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when March Comes in Like a Lion premiered alongside 36 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 36 other Japan films in 1991.

The 844th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

11
Reviews
11th
Review-volume percentile
8th
Popularity percentile

11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 8th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,457 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (46th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,086 of 1,933 (top 56%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesHitoshi Yazaki Group
Runtime1h 58m
Release DateApril 13, 1991
IMDbtt0105312