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Chihayafuru Sequel Live-Action Film Will Take Place 2 Years Later
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Director Chihayafuru manga will take place two years after the first two films. The film will depict Chihaya, Taichi, and Arata in their third year of high school.
Koizumi also stated that the movie will start filming this spring. Koizumi added that since it has been two years since filming started on the first film, that in the new film as well, two years will have ed. He also stated that the film will portray the love triangle between Chihaya, Taichi, and Arata, and will settle the rivalry between Chihaya and Shinobu Wakamiya. Koizumi said that Suetsugu has approved the film's script.
The first film, Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (Chihayafuru: Lower Phrase), opened in Japan on April 29. The staff announced the sequel film on the same day the second film opened in Japan.
The films star:
- Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase
- Shūhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima
- Mackenyu as Arata Wataya
- Yūki Morinaga as Tsutomu Komano
- Yūma Yamato as Yūsei Nishida
- Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ōe
- Jun Kunimura as Harada
- Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya
- Miyuki Matsuda as Taeko Miyauchi
- Akihito Sudō
- Ryōtarō Sakaguchi as Hiro Kinashi
Norihiro Koizumi (Midnight Sun, Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru) directed both films.
Suetsugu launched the manga in releasing the manga digitally in English.
The manga announced in September that it has licensed both seasons of the anime.
Source: Eiga.com
