Chihayafuru Part 1

Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku
Poster
Japanese name
Kanji	ちはやふる　上の句
Directed by	Norihiro Koizumi [ja]
Screenplay by	Norihiro Koizumi
Based on	Chihayafuru by Yuki Suetsugu
Starring	Suzu Hirose Shūhei Nomura Mackenyu Mone Kamishiraishi Yūma Yamoto [ja] Yūki Morinaga [ja] Hiroya Shimizu [ja] Miyuki Matsuda Jun Kunimura
Music by	Masaru Yokoyama
Production companies	Nippon TV Toho Kodansha Robot Communications Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation Dentsu East Japan Marketing & Communications KDDI Corporation GyaO Sapporo Television Broadcasting Miyagi Television Broadcasting Shizuoka Daiichi Television Chūkyō Television Broadcasting Hiroshima Telecasting Fukuoka Broadcasting System Fukui Broadcasting [1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.63 billion[2]

Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (ちはやふる　上の句) is a 2016 Japanese sports romantic teen drama film written and directed by Norihiro Koizumi [ja]^[3] and starring Suzu Hirose, Shūhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yūma Yamoto [ja], Yūki Morinaga [ja], Hiroya Shimizu [ja], Miyuki Matsuda and Jun Kunimura. It is the first of three live action film adaptations of the manga series Chihayafuru, written and illustrated by Yuki Suetsugu.^[4] The film was released in Japan by Toho on March 19, 2016.^[5] It was followed by Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku, released in Japan on April 29, 2016. Chihayafuru: Musubi, the third and final film in the series, was released in Japan on March 17, 2018.^[6]