Chihayafuru: Part II

(2016)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 24 votes

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Year: 2016

Runtime: 112 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Норихиро Коидзуми

Cast: Судзу Хиросэ, 野村周平, Маккэнъю Арата, Майю Мацуока, Монэ Камишираиши, 矢本悠馬, 森永悠希, 清水尋也, 坂口涼太郎, 松田美由紀

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.