Chihayafuru: Part II vs Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.7/10 for Chihayafuru: Part II). Chihayafuru: Part II is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 22m. Forrest Gump is the older of the two (1994 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Chihayafuru: Part II posterChihayafuru: Part II2016 VS Forrest Gump posterForrest Gump1994
Chihayafuru: Part IIForrest Gump
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 8.5/10
Year20161994
Length1h 52m2h 22m
GenresComedy, Drama, RomanceComedy, Drama, Romance
CountryJapanUnited States of America
DirectorNorihiro KoizumiRobert Zemeckis
Main castKento Kaku, Jun Kunimura, Miyuki Matsuda, Mackenyu, Mone KamishiraishiGary Sinise, Robin Wright, Tom Hanks, Hanna Hall, Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Synopsis

Chihayafuru: Part II

After successfully won the Tokyo qualifying tournament, Chihaya and her friends are set to go on to the nationals. As they prepare, Chihaya is faced with new personal issues as her childhood friend and inspiration, Arata, has announced that he has quit competitive karuta. Not only that, but a new rival emerges in the reigning female champion karuta player, Shinobu Wakamiya, a karuta prodigy who became the nation's and the world's greatest…

Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

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