< Saku ya kono hana (2011)

EPISODE 1.1 (Chihayafuru) | 23m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 7.6 (114)

Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport | Sixth grade was when Chihaya Ayase met Arata Wataya, the transfer student from Fukui. The shy and quiet Arata was hiding a surprising talent. He knew how to play the competitive Karuta version of Ogura's Hundred Poets.

• Director: Morio Asaka
• Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa
• Writer: Yûko Kakihara
• Writer: Yuki Suetsugu
• Asami Seto (18) - Chihaya Ayase
• Mamoru Miyano (28) - Taichi Mashima
• Ayahi Takagaki (26) - Young Taichi Mashima
• Yuka Terasaki (28) - Young Arata Wataya
• Toshiko Fujita (61) - Taeko Miyauchi
• Houko Kuwashima (36) - Mari Wataya
• Aya Endô (31) - Chitose Ayase
• Kensuke Satô - Newspaper Man
• Miho Hino - Michiru Horikawa
• Mariko Munakata - Homeroom Teacher
• Yuka Nishigaki - Elementary School Boy
• Megumi Han (22) - Elementary School Girl
• Kiyono Yasuno (22) - Elementary School Girl
• Chika Anzai (21) - Elemetary School Girl
• Tsubasa Sakurai - Male Student
• Noriko Ueda - Female Student
• Vicki Barosh - Miyauchi
• Katelyn Barr (19) - Mari
• Alexandra Bedford - Additional Voices
• Mike Boike - Additional Voices