The Hungry Lion () is a 2017 Japanaese drama film directed by , starring Urara Matsubayashi, Atomu Mizuishi, Mariko Tsutsui, and Sakiko Kato.
Cast
Urara Matsubayashi as Hitomo Sugimoto
Atomu Mizuishi as Hiroki Fujigawa
Mariko Tsutsui as Yuko Sugimoto
as Nanami Oda
Sakiko Kato as Moe Sasaki
Tomomi Sugai as Misaki Kinoshita
as Asuka Sugimoto
as Tetsuya Kondo
as Tsuyoshi Hosono
as Kohei Nishijima
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."