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Chihayafuru Part I

KOIZUMI Nori

Japan2016 111min DCP Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Chihaya, Taichi and Arata are childhood friends, bound by their passion for “competitive karuta.” Chihaya and Taichi are reunited in high school and form a “Competitive Karuta Club” for the national championship for a possible reunion with Arata.

Diretor

KOIZUMI Nori

Born in 1980, Koizumi was widely beloved for his film A Song of the Sun (2006). And his Wrestling With A Memory (2008) also won the Audience Award 10th Udine Far East Film Festival. Koizumi’s other films include Flowers (2010) and The Liar and his Lover (2013).