Kingdom 3 Live-Action Film Posts New Trailer Featuring Theme Song by Hikaru Utada
The official website for the upcoming third live-action film adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara’s historical adventure manga Kingdom, entitled Kingdom: Unmei no Honoo (The Flame of Fate), announced today that singer Hikaru Utada will perform the film’s theme song, “Gold ~Mata Au Hi Made (Until The Day We Meet Again)~,” and posted a new trailer featuring the song.
The site describes the song as: “With Hikaru Utada’s unique worldview, this song breathes new life into the world of Kingdom as it expresses Xin’s desire to fight with all his might to fulfill the promise he made to his late best friend, Piao.” Utada also says, “I have written a song about what I think happiness is now. Please listen to it loudly!” The song will be available digitally on July 28, the release day of the film in Japan.
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90-second trailer featuring the song:
30-second trailer:
15-second trailer:
Hikaru Utada artist photo:
Kingdom, the first film directed by Shinsuke Sato (GANTZ, Bleach live-action films), was released in Japan on April 19, 2019, earning 5.73 billion yen (42.26 million USD) from its total domestic run. Kingdom 2 Harukanaru Daichi e (To the Land of Faraway), the second film, followed on July 15, 2022, earning 5.12 billion yen (37.76 million USD). Both films became the top-grossing Japanese film of the year, and the combined box office gross of the two films exceeded 10 billion yen (73.75 million USD).
The third film, Kingdom: Unmei no Honoo, will release in Japan on July 28, 2023. Its story centers on the “Battle of Bayou” arc, where the protagonist Li Xin and Wang Qi stand on the same battlefield for the first time to fight off an invasion by Zhao, as well as the “Escape from Zhao” arc, which tells Ying Zheng’s unknown past. All of the seven main cast members from the first two films — Kento Yamazaki (Li Xin), Ryo Yoshizawa (Ying Zheng), Kanna Hashimoto (He Liao Diao), Nana Seino (Qiang Lei), Hiroshi Tamaki (Changwen Jun), Koichi Sato (Lü Buwei), and Takao Osawa (Wang Qi ) — return.
Main poster visual with a tagline: “Guided by The Fate, The Time Has Come”:
━━ 運命に導かれ、時は来た。━━
映画『#キングダム 運命の炎』
主題歌・最新予告映像解禁⚔️本作のために書き下ろされた主題歌
◤ #宇多田ヒカル
「Gold ～また逢う日まで～」 ◢キングダム史上最大の戦いが、いま始まるー#いま運命が動き始める
????7.28(金)公開 pic.twitter.com/hCJaKpHmR4— 映画『キングダム 運命の炎』公式アカウント (@kingdomthemovie) June 1, 2023
Source: “Kingdom” live-action film official website / Twitter
(c) Yasuhisa Hara/Shueihsa (c)2019 Movie “Kingdom” Production Committee
(c) Yasuhisa Hara/Shueihsa (c)2022 Movie “Kingdom” Production Committee
