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Seen through the children's eyes, the events on Sal Mal Lane come to mirror the course of modern Sri Lanka at its most violent and volatile. As the stability of their neighborhood is threatened by clashing political beliefs and prejudices, the children of the community are forced to watch their parents and friends turn against one another.

But when the tides of civil war begin to turn towards the neighbourhood, their differences ignite in ways no one could have imagined. As each neighbour adapts to the newcomers in different ways, the children fill their days with cricket matches, romantic crushes, and small rivalries. On the day the Herath family moves in, Sal Mal Lane is a quiet street, disturbed only by the cries of the children whose triumphs and tragedies sustain the families that live there. Set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war, Ru FreemanвЂ™s epic novel explores the lives of the diverse families that live on Sal Mal Lane and the heartbreaking ways this once harmonious community turns on one another with the country on the brink of war.

#Mal library wars plus#

Casting of cult star Chiaki Kuriyama (from Kill Bill) as KasaharaвЂ™s best friend could help international profile, plus the action sequences are expertly staged, especially as the film hits its stride in the thrilling last third.One of Reader's Digest Best Summer Reads (US).

#Mal library wars series#

The book has been adapted before вЂ“ the Japanese animated series Library War in 2008 and the 2012 animated television film Library War: Wings Of Revolution вЂ“ but this big screen version is a sci-fi film that makes the most of the most incongruous of action concepts. The lanky, ungainly - but very determined - Kasahara is initially at odds with the by-the-books leadership style of her (shorter) squad leader Atsushi Dojo (Junichi Okada), but as the battles with the more violent Media Betterment groups increase, she learns to appreciate his commitment as a quality. The nationвЂ™s libraries have formed their own paramilitary Library Defence squads, who are based at вЂ“ and defend вЂ“ libraries.ДЄfter a Library Defence force member helped save her вЂ“ and rescue the book she was after вЂ“ from a raid on a bookstore five years earlier, Iku Kasahara (Nana Eikura) becomes the first woman to join the elite gun-carrying section of Library Defence. The film is set in 2019, and a Japan where public anger at media excesses has been fanned by a group called the Media Betterment Committee which has forced through government acts to supress and censor television, newspapers, the Internet, films and even books. Library Wars had its world premiere in Filmart and is set to open in Japan in mid-April. Given his previous success with the successful Gantz fantasy film series, it comes as no surprise that Shinksuke Sato shows a sure hand at marshalling the complex action sequences вЂ“ with the film also giving due credit to The Ministry of Defence and the Japan Ground & Air Defence Systems for helping provide on-screen military-style muscle вЂ“ as well managing the tough job of layering humour and a dash of romance into the rather fantastical storyline.

The fight for freedom of information and expression reaches action-packed heights in Shinsuke SatoвЂ™s adaptation of Hiro ArikawaвЂ™s best-selling novel The Library War вЂ“ which has sold more than 2.8 million copies since its publication in 2006 вЂ“ which delivers engagingly over-the-top militarised mayhem, all in the good name of saving books.Д¬asting of cult star Chiaki Kuriyama (from Kill Bill) as KasaharaвЂ™s best friend could help international profile.