- Movie: Chihayafuru Part 1
- Romaji: Chihayafuru Kami no Ku
- Japanese: ちはやふる 上の句
- Director: Norihiro Koizumi
- Writer: Yuki Suetsugu (manga), Norihiro Koizumi
- Producer: Naoaki Kitajima
- Cinematographer: Hiro Yanagida
- Release Date: March 19, 2016
- Runtime: 111 min.
- Genre: Teen / Drama / Based on a Comic
- Distributor: Toho
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
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 hight 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
Notes
- Based on the manga series “Chihayafuru” by Yuki Suetsugu (first published December 28, 2007 in Japanese manga magazine Be Love). “Chihayafuru” won the 2nd Manga Taishō (annual Japanese manga award) in 2009.
- Related titles:
- Chihayafuru Part 1 | Chihayafuru Kami no Ku (2016)
- Chihayafuru Part 2 | Chihayafuru Shimo no Ku (2016)
Cast
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| Suzu Hirose | Shuhei Nomura | Mackenyu | Mone Kamishiraishi | Yuma Yamoto |
| Chihaya Ayase | Taichi Mashima | Arata Wataya | Kanade Ooe | Yusei Nishida |
 |  |  |  |  |
| Yuki Morinaga | Hiroya Shimizu | Ryotaro Sakaguchi | Mayu Matsuoka | Miyuki Matsuda |
| Tsutomu Komano | Akihito Sudo | Hiro Kinashi | Shinobu Wakamiya | Taeko Miyauchi |
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| Jun Kunimura |
| Hideo Harada |
Additional Cast Members:
- Kokoro Kuge – Chihaya (child)
- Eru Yamada – Taichi (child)
- Amon Kabe – Arata (child)
- Kentaro Tamura
- Riku Hagiwara
- Masane Tsukayama
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