Romance, Comedy, Drama
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 female karuta player as a 9th grader. All of this forces Chihaya to reexamine her love of the game in the midst of preparing for one of the biggest tournaments of the year.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Watch Your Step
Center Stage
Boys and Girls
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IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 2022
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IMDB 5.9 | Oct , 2019
A bullied teenage girl leads a glee club on a trail of destruction against her high school enemies.The Halfback of Notre Dame
IMDB 4 | Jan , 1996
A high school halfback must choose between the gridiron dreams of his football coach father, and his own dream of becoming a musician.Seve
IMDB 6.9 | Jun , 2014
Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game.3 Ninjas Kick Back
IMDB 5.6 | Feb , 1994
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IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1999
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IMDB 6.5 | May , 2009
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IMDB 7.6 | Sep , 2006
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IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 2003
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IMDB 4.8 | Oct , 2007
Out-of-luck coach Lambeau Fields takes a rag-tag bunch of college misfits and drives them towards the football championships. In the process, this life-long loser discovers that he is a winner after all by redeeming himself, saving his relationship with his family and friends, and finding that there is indeed, no "I" in "team"!Without a Paddle
IMDB 5.6 | Aug , 2004
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IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 1979
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IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2004
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IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 1984
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IMDB 6.9 | May , 2000
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IMDB 6 | Jun , 2000
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IMDB 5.4 | Nov , 2003
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IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2004
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IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 1964
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IMDB 7 | Apr , 1998
Financially troubled, a newbie hitman reluctantly takes the job of finding the plotted killer of a Japanese tycoon.