Chihayafuru Part II

Chihayafuru Part II

112 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 29, 2016

After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.

Chihayafuru Part II

112 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | April 29, 2016

Chihayafuru Part II
After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Robot Communications
Original title ちはやふる 下の句
Directors Norihiro Koizumi
Writers Yuki Suetsugu, Norihiro Koizumi

Cast

Suzu Hirose

as Chihaya Ayase

Shuhei Nomura

as Taichi Mashima

Mackenyu

as Arata Wataya

Mayu Matsuoka

as Shinobu Wakamiya

Mone Kamishiraishi

as Kanade Ooe

Yuma Yamoto

as Yusei Nishida

Yuki Morinaga

as Tsutomu Komano

清水尋也

as Akihito Sudo

Ryôtarô Sakaguchi

as Hiro Kinashi

Miyuki Matsuda

as Taeko Miyauchi

Jun Kunimura

as Hideo Harada

Kokoro Kuge

as Chihaya (child)

Amon Kabe

as Arata (child)

Riku Hagiwara

as Yuuta Ryugasaki

Kaisei Kamimura

as Nayuta Amakasu

Kento Kaku

as Hisashi Suo

Kaya Kiyohara

as Iori Wagatsuma

Kentaro Tamura

as Hiroshi Tsuboguchi

Kazunori Mimura

as Haruto Takuma

Eru Yamada

as Taichi (child)

Miho Tsumiki

as Mari Wataya

Masane Tsukayama

as Hajime Wataya