Library Wars

Library Wars

128 mins | Action, Romance, Fantasy | April 27, 2013

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.

Library Wars

128 mins | Action, Romance, Fantasy | April 27, 2013

Library Wars
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., TBS, WOWOW, Hokkaido Broadcasting Co.
Original title 図書館戦争
Directors Shinsuke Sato
Writers Akiko Nogi, Hiro Arikawa

Cast

Junichi Okada

as Atsushi Dōjō

Nana Eikura

as Iku Kasahara

Chiaki Kuriyama

as Asako Shibasaki

Kei Tanaka

as Mikihisa Komaki

Sota Fukushi

as Hikaru Tezuka

鈴木一真

as Kenji Takeyama

Koji Ishizaka

as Iwao Nishina

Jun Hashimoto

as Ryusuke Kenta

Naomi Nishida

as Maki Orikuchi