The Hungry Lion (film)

The Hungry Lion (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

 * 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
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."