2nd film opened in Japan on Friday

The staff of the two live-action film adaptations of Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru manga announced on Friday that a sequel has been green-lit. The staff made the announcement at a stage greeting event for the second film Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (Chihayafuru: Lower Phrase), which opened in Japan on Friday.

TOHO additionally began streaming a digest video on Friday that summarizes the first film.

The first film, Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (Chihayafuru: Upper Phrase), opened March 19. The films star:

Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase

Shūhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima

Mackenyu as Arata Wataya

Yūki Morinaga as Tsutomu Komano

Yūma Yamato as Yūsei Nishida

Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ōe

Jun Kunimura as Harada

Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya

Miyuki Matsuda as Taeko Miyauchi

Hiroya Shimizu as Akihito Sudō

Ryōtarō Sakaguchi as Hiro Kinashi

Norihiro Koizumi ( Midnight Sun, Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru ) directed both films.

Suetsugu launched the manga in Kodansha's Be-Love magazine in December 2007, and Kodansha published the manga's 31st volume on March 11. The series inspired the first 25-episode television anime season from October 2011 to March 2012, and the second 25-episode season aired in Japan from January-June 2013. Additionally, the 22nd volume of the manga bundled an original anime DVD when it shipped in September 2013.

Source: Comic Natalie