25 December 2020 Drama 119 mins
After abandoning his dream of becoming a shogi pro, Eichi throws himself into creating an AI based shogi computer program and finds a whole new world.
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Ryo Yoshizawa as Kiyota Eiichi
Ryuya Wakaba as Asakawa Riku
Motoki Ochiai as Isono Tatsuya
Kanichiro Sato as Nakajima Toru
Fumika Baba as Isono Shiori
Jyunya Kawashima as Yamasaki Shinichi
Tasuku Nagaoka as Hori Ryota
Kanna Mori as Yamauchi Hiromi
Masatoshi Nakamura as Kiyota Eisaku
Atsuhiro Yamada Director
Tetsuro Imai Cinematography
Takahide Sakai Lighting Manager
Kentaro Kosaka Art Direction
Toshihiro Sugita Music Producer
Atsuhiro Yamada Writer
Nozomu Sato Music
Yasuyuki Niino Associate Producer
Naoya Kinoshita Executive Producer
アウェイク Trailer
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Czech Republic 28 February 2024
Japan 25 December 2020
Korea 16 December 2022
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