Chihayafuru Part 2

Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (Japanese: ちはやふる 下の句, lit. 'Chihayafuru: Lower Phrase') is a 2016 Japanese sports romantic teen drama film written and directed by Norihiro Koizumi [ja]^[3] and starring Suzu Hirose, Shūhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yūma Yamoto [ja], Yūki Morinaga [ja], Hiroya Shimizu [ja], Miyuki Matsuda and Jun Kunimura. It is the second 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 April 29, 2016. Chihayafuru: Musubi, the third and final film in the series, was released in Japan on March 17, 2018.^[4]

Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku
Poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ちはやふる　上の句
Directed by	Norihiro Koizumi [ja]
Screenplay by	Norihiro Koizumi
Based on	Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu
Starring	Suzu Hirose Shūhei Nomura Mackenyu Mone Kamishiraishi Yūma Yamoto [ja] Yūki Morinaga [ja] Hiroya Shimizu [ja] Miyuki Matsuda Jun Kunimura
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Production companies	Nippon TV Toho Kodansha Robot Communications Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Dentsu East Japan Marketing & Communications KDDI Corporation GyaO Sapporo Television Broadcasting Miyagi Television Broadcasting Shizuoka Daiichi Television Chūkyō Television Broadcasting Hiroshima Telecasting Fukuoka Broadcasting System Fukui Broadcasting [1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)
Running time	102 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.22 billion[2]

Plot

Cast

• Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase^[5]
• Shūhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima^[5]
• Mackenyu as Arata Wataya^[5]
• Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ōe^[5]
• Yūma Yamoto [ja] as Yūsei Nishida^[5]
• Yūki Morinaga [ja] as Tsutomu Komano^[5]
• Hiroya Shimizu [ja] as Akihito Sudō^[5]
• Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya
• Miyuki Matsuda as Taeko Miyauchi^[5]
• Jun Kunimura as Harada Hideo^[5]
• Ryōtarō Sakaguchi [ja] as Hiro Kinashi^[5]
• Alice Hirose as Chitose Ayase, Chihaya's sister
• Masane Tsukayama as Hajime Wataya
• Riku Hagiwara

Production

The film was shot at the Omi Shrine in Shiga Prefecture.^[5] The theme song of the two films is "FLASH" by the Japanese group Perfume.^[6] The original soundtracks are composed by Masaru Yokoyama.

Release

The release date of the film was announced in December 2015 for April 29, 2016.^[5][7]

Sequel

A sequel was announced at Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku's premiere. This third and final film, titled Chihayafuru: Musubi, was released on March 17, 2018. Koizumi returned as director and the main cast reprised their roles. The conclusion of the story, set two years after the events of the first two films, features four new cast members, including Kaya Kiyohara who portrays Io Wagatsuma, a character written exclusively for the film. Kento Kaku appears as Hisashi Suō, Hayato Sano as Akihiro Tsukuba and Mio Yūki as Sumire Hanano.^[4][8]