Kaze ni Tatsu Lion

The Lion Standing in the Wind
Kaze ni Tatsu Lion 風に立つライオン
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Produced by	Naoto Fujimura Sako Sakami Shigeji Maeda
Screenplay by	Hiroshi Saitō
Starring	Takao Osawa Satomi Ishihara Yōko Maki Masato Hagiwara
Music by	Kōji Endō
Cinematography	Nobuyasu Kita
Edited by	Kenji Yamashita
Production company	AX-ON OLM Rakueisha
Distributed by	Toho
Release dates	March 14, 2015
Running time	139 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥132.7 million (Japan)

The Lion Standing in the Wind (Japanese: Kaze ni Tatsu Lion 風に立つライオン) is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Takashi Miike. It was released on March 14, 2015.^[1][2]

Cast

• Takao Osawa as Kōichirō Shimada
• Satomi Ishihara as Wakako Kusano
• Yōko Maki as Takako Akishima
• Masato Hagiwara as Katsuhiko Aoki
• Ryōhei Suzuki
• Ayako Fujitani as Satoko Kojima
• Kumi Nakamura as Kiyomi Akijima
• Hajime Yamazaki as Seiichi Akijima
• Renji Ishibashi as Masayuki Murakami
• Nick Reding
• Patrick Oketch as Afundi
• Lydia Gitachu

Reception

The film earned ¥132.691 million on its opening weekend in Japan.^[3]

References

1. 風に立つライオン(2015). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
2. "Miike Takashi Snares Osawa Takao for 'Lion' Drama". Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
3. "Japan Box Office Report – 3/14~3/15". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. March 18, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Kaze ni Tatsu Lion at the Internet Movie Database