Set 18 months after movie "Library Wars." After the government's enactment of the Media Betterment Act, battles wage between the Betterment Squads and the Library Defense. The Library Defense resists censorship and advocates freedom of expression. The biggest battle awaits for the Library Defense.
Acting
Okada and Eikura finally pay off three films of unresolved tension.
Production
The library set designs slap harder than they have any right to.
Writing
Makes 'fascism vs. archives' somehow coherent and emotional.
Director
Shinsuke Sato
Junichi Okada
Atsushi Dōjō
Nana Eikura
Iku Kasahara
Chiaki Kuriyama
Asako Shibasaki
Kei Tanaka
Mikihisa Komaki
Sota Fukushi
Hikaru Tezuka
Koji Ishizaka
Iwao Nishina
Tori Matsuzaka
Satoshi Tezuka
Tao Tsuchiya
Marie Nakazawa
Aoi Nakamura
Shuji Asahina
Naomi Nishida
Maki Orikuchi
Jun Hashimoto
Ryusuke Kenta
Ryōta Wada
Nozomi Fukuda
Hori
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Hiro Arikawa's novel series inspired by real 1950s Japanese library censorship debates. The 'Media Betterment Act' parallels actual post-war speech regulation discussions.
This was meant to conclude the film trilogy, but fans still clamor for more. The TV series 'Library War' (2008) actually covers different material than the films.
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