Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (2016)

Original title

ちはやふる 上の句

Directed by

Norihiro Koizumi

Genre

drama film, teen film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school girl revives her love for competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game. She reunites with old friends and forms a team to pursue the national championship.

energeticfocusednostalgiccompetitivebittersweetdeterminedintimate

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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