Chihayafuru Part I (2016)
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.
Country: Japan
Directors: Norihiro Koizumi
Casts: Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase, Shūhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima, Mackenyu Arata as Arata Wataya, Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ooe, Yuma Yamoto as Yusei Nishida, Yuki 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), Eru Yamada as Taichi (child), Amon Kabe as Arata (child), Kentaro Tamura , Riku Hagiwara , Masane Tsukayama , Kaisei Kamimura , Mariko Kobayashi , Yuri Tsunematsu as Saki's friend
