Canada / Jul 24, 2016 / Fantasia International Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hiroya Shimizu | Akihito Sudo |
| Ryotaro Sakaguchi | Hiro Kinashi |
| Miyuki Matsuda | Taeko Miyauchi |
| Jun Kunimura | Hideo Harada |
| Kokoro Kuge | Young Chihaya |
| Amon Kabe | Young Arata |
| Riku Hagiwara | Yuuta Ryugasaki |
| Kaisei Kamimura | Nayuta Amakasu |
| Kento Kaku | Hisashi Suo |
| Kaya Kiyohara | Iori Wagatsuma |
| Kentaro Tamura | Hiroshi Tsuboguchi |
| Kazunori Mimura | Haruto Takuma |
| Eru Yamada | Young Taichi |
| Miho Tsumiki | Mari Wataya |
| Masane Tsukayama | Hajime Wataya |
Genres
RomanceComedyDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | ちはやふる 下の句 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Robot Communications, Nippon Television Network Corporation, TOHO, Kodansha, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, dentsu, jeki, KDDI, GYAO, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Fukui Broadcasting |
| Release date | 29 aprile 2016 |
| Executive producer | Takaaki Kabuto |
| Production | Naoaki Kitajima, Yuji Saito |
| Writer | Norihiro Koizumi, Yuki Suetsugu |
| Cinematography | Hiro'o Yanagida |
| Assistant directors | Norihiro Koizumi |
| Camera operators | Hiro'o Yanagida |
| Additional photography | Hiro'o Yanagida |
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| Visual effects | Tomofumi Akahane |
| Music | Masaru Yokoyama, Yuka Kashino, Masaru Ohgawara, Hiroyuki Ishizaka, Dustin Riduan Shah, Nagayuki Komatsuzaki |
| Sound | Yuka Kashino, Masaru Yokoyama, Masaru Ohgawara, Hiroyuki Ishizaka, Dustin Riduan Shah, Nagayuki Komatsuzaki |
| Collection | Chihayafuru Collection |
| Revenue | 8.674.783 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Japan / Apr 29, 2016
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