During the Sanuki Film Festival in Kagawa on Sunday, Director Norihiro Koizumi announced the live-action film sequel for Chihayafuru will take place after the first two films. Filming will start this spring which depicts Taichi, Chihaya, and Arata in third year high school.
The film will be mostly focused on the love triangle of the three characters as well the settled rivalry between Shinobu and and Chihaya. Koizumi also stated that Chihayafuru creator Yuki Suetsugu have approved the live-action film’s script.
Below are the list of the official cast for the upcoming movie:
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
Hiroya Shimizu as Akihito Sudō
Ryōtarō Sakaguchi as Hiro Kinashi
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