Today, we are talking about a new live-action film adaptation and a third film for the manga Chihayafuru by Suetsugu Yuki. We also remind you that the manga is still ongoing and published in France Kazé. It has nineteen volumes (thirty-four in Japan)! He had the right to an anime version in 2011 and a sequel in 2013 (of twenty-five episodes each).
In terms of main roles we find the same cast as for the first two Live films released in 2016, Shuhei Nomura, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi, Yuma Yamoto, Yuki Morinaga, Hiroya Shimizu and Mayu Matsuoka but also new characters. The film is scheduled for 2018 with shooting starting this month and ending in June!
Synopsis
The story picks up two years after Chihayafuru Part 2 and Chihaya is now a high school graduate. (Source: AsianWiki)
Casting of Chihayafuru part 3
Suzu Hirose as Chihaya Ayase (Sensei!)
Shuhei Nomura as Taichi Mashima (Byplayers) Mackenyu as Arata Wataya (Peach Girl)
Mone Kamishiraishi as Kanade Ooe (seiyu Your Name.)
Yuma Yamoto as Yusei Nishida (Onna Joshu Naotora) Yuki Morinaga as Tsutomu Komano (Whose Is The Cuckoo's Egg?)
Hiroya Shimizu as Akihito Sudo (Chihayafuru Part 2) Mayu Matsuoka as Shinobu Wakamiya (Aquarium Girl)
New cast
In the meantime, more information about Chihayafuru's Live movie part 3 and its upcoming release in 2018. We invite you to wait to read the manga available from the French publisher Kazé!