Chihayafuru: Part I (2016)
Chihayafuru Part 1
Getting stronger, devoting my entire youth
111 min
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.
- Release date
- March 19, 2016
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Box office
- $12,116,649
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Trailer
Cast
- Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase
- Shûhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima
- Mackenyu as Arata Wataya
- Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ooe
- Yûma Yamoto as Yusei Nishida
- Yûki Morinaga as Tsutomu Komano
- Hiroya Shimizu as Akihito Sudo
- Ryôtarô Sakaguchi as Hiro Kinashi
- Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya
- Miyuki Matsuda as Taeko Miyauchi
- Jun Kunimura as Hideo Harada
- Kokoro Kuge as Chihaya (child)
- Amon Kabe as Arata (child)
- Kentarô Tamura as Hiroshi Tsuboguchi
- Riku Hagiwara as Yuuta Ryugasaki
- Masane Tsukayama as Hajime Wataya
- Kaisei Kamimura as Nayuta Amakasu
- Yuri Tsunematsu as Saki's friend
- Yûki Morinaga as Mr. Table
Crew
- Norihiro Koizumi · Director
- Yuki Suetsugu · Writer
- Norihiro Koizumi · Writer
- Naoaki Kitajima · Producer
- Masaru Yokoyama · Composer
- Hiro'o Yanagida · Cinematographer
- Jun'nosuke Hogaki · Editor