Chihayafuru: Part I (2016)
Chihayafuru: Part I (2016)
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Plot.
When Chihaya Ayase was in the 6th grade of elementary school, she met Arata Wataya. Arata Wataya transferred from Fukui Prefecture. Taichi Mashima was Chihaya Ayase's friend since they were little. Arata got close to Chihaya and Taichi from the card game karuta. Four years later, Chihaya is a high school student. Chihaya learns that Arata, who went back to Fukui Prefecture, doesn't play karuta anymore. Believing they will meet Arata again, Chihaya and Taichi starts a karuta club at their high school.
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Cast & Crew.

Suzu Hirose
Chihaya Ayase

Shuhei Nomura
Taichi Mashima

Mackenyu
Arata Wataya

Mone Kamishiraishi
Kanade Ooe

Yuma Yamoto
Yusei Nishida

Yuki Morinaga
Tsutomu Komano

Hiroya Shimizu
Akihito Sudo

Ryotaro Sakaguchi
Hiro Kinashi

Mayu Matsuoka
Shinobu Wakamiya

Miyuki Matsuda
Taeko Miyauchi

Jun Kunimura
Hideo Harada

Kokoro Kuge
Chihaya (child)

Eru Yamada
Taichi (child)

Amon Kabe
Arata (child)

Junnosuke Hogaki
Editor

Yuri Tsunematsu
Saki's friend

Suzuki Takayuki
Karuta Player

Yuka Kashino
Theme Song Performance

Norihiro Koizumi
Writer / Director

Yuki Suetsugu
Comic Book

Hiro'o Yanagida
Director of Photography

Masaru Yokoyama
Original Music Composer

Dustin Riduan Shah
Dialogue Editor

Naoaki Kitajima
Producer
Media.





Details.
Release DateMarch 19, 2016
Original Nameちはやふる 上の句
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 51m
Box Office$12,116,649
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
high school
karuta
japanese high school
sport
competition
childhood friends
school club
based on manga
high school student
bukatsu
Wiki.
Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (Japanese: ちはやふる 上の句, lit. 'Chihayafuru: Upper Phrase') is a 2016 Japanese sports romantic teen drama film written and directed by Norihiro Koizumi and starring Suzu Hirose, Shūhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yūma Yamoto, Yūki Morinaga, Hiroya Shimizu, Miyuki Matsuda and Jun Kunimura. It is the first of three live action film adaptations of the manga series Chihayafuru, written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu. The film was released in Japan by Toho on March 19, 2016. It was followed by Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku, released in Japan on April 29, 2016. Chihayafuru: Musubi, the third and final film in the series, was released in Japan on March 17, 2018.
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