# Library Wars (2013)

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**Original title**: *図書館戦争*
**Runtime**: 128 min
**Genres**: Romance, Action, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Shinsuke Sato
**Written by**: Akiko Nogi
**Starring**: Junichi Okada, Nana Eikura, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kei Tanaka, Sota Fukushi, Kazuma Suzuki

> *I want to protect books just like the one I admire*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a movie that imagines librarians as paramilitary. A young woman joins a task force to protect libraries from government censorship. It seems the film may have confused "book smarts" for, well, smarts.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, playful

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