Japan Synopsis
ちはやふる 上の句
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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Chihayafuru: Part I. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Romance + Comedy in Japan
120 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Chihayafuru: Part I itself).
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
Chihayafuru: Part I holds position #287 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Chihayafuru: Part I. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3295th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
32 audience reviews — more than 52% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (52th percentile) outruns trending popularity (15th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,986 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (57th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Romance productions specifically: #153 of 406 (top 38%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | March 19, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4785440 |