Chihayafuru: Musubi

Year: 2018
Country: Japan
Director: Norihiro Koizumi
Cast: Suzu Hirose, Shûhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Kento Kaku, Kaya Kiyohara, Mayu Matsuoka
Genre: comedy, drama, romance
Runtime: 128 min.
Age: 12+

The third installment of the Chihayafuru trilogy

Taking place two years after the showdown between Chihaya and Shinobu at the National Karuta Competion, Chihaya is a high school girl who, alongside her friends, enters another national competition against Shinobu. Hideo Harada has, in the meantime, been crushed by losing to a master player. The high school friends must also restore their master's honour.