Chihayafuru: Part II vs What We Wanted to Be
Chihayafuru: Part II and What We Wanted to Be are tied on audience score (7.7/10). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 52m. Chihayafuru: Part II is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Chihayafuru: Part II
What We Wanted to Be| Chihayafuru: Part II | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | Argentina |
| Director | Norihiro Koizumi | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Kento Kaku, Jun Kunimura, Miyuki Matsuda, Mackenyu, Mone Kamishiraishi | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
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…
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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