30 Oct 2004
University of Laughs
In pre-war Japan, a government censor tries to make the writer for a theater troupe alter his comedic script. As they work with and against each other, the script ends up developing in unexpected ways.
Library Wars: The Last Mission
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.
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岡田准一 Atsushi Dōjō
榮倉奈々 Iku Kasahara
栗山千明 Asako Shibasaki
田中圭 Mikihisa Komaki
福士蒼汰 Hikaru Tezuka
石坂浩二 Iwao Nishina
松坂桃李 Satoshi Tezuka
土屋太鳳 Marie Nakazawa
中村蒼 Shuji Asahina
西田尚美 Maki Orikuchi
橋本じゅん Ryusuke Kenta
Ryōta Wada
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