Third Kingdom Live-action Film Gets Its Official Title & Release Date
The official website for the forthcoming third live-action film adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara’s historical adventure manga Kingdom has posted a 50-second teaser trailer for its official title and release date in Japan.
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The third film, now officially entitled Kingdom: Unmei no Honoo (The Flame of Fate), is set to be released in Japan on July 28, 2022. 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, and the “Escape from Zhao” arc, which tells Ying Zheng’s unknown past. All of the seven main cast members – 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 ) – will return.
◤ 運命に導かれ ◥
◣ 今、動き出す ◢守るべき仲間たちと
夢へ突き進む ❰ 信 ❱
過去の記憶を胸に
一筋の未来を見つめる❰ 嬴政 ❱
運命に導かれるように
戦場に舞い戻る❰ 王騎 ❱それぞれの新たな一面が描かれるー
映画『#キングダム 運命の炎』
2023.7.28(金)公開⚔️#いま運命が動き始める pic.twitter.com/H4T91PSISp— 映画『キングダム 運命の炎』公式アカウント (@kingdomthemovie) December 31, 2022
The manga author Hara posted a message with a newly-drawn illustration:
The third installment of the “Kingdom” live-action film, “Kingdom: Unmei no Honno” is set to hit theaters this summer! As some fans may have guessed from the last trailer in the end of the previous film, this film will depict the “Escape from Zhao” and “Battle of Bayou” arcs. Both of these arcs have had an immeasurable impact on Xin and Ying Zheng and their subsequent careers, and the story will be even more epic and dramatic than the previous two films. We hope you will look forward to the day when the world of “Kingdom” once again unfolds on the screen!
映画『#キングダム 運命の炎』
━━━ COMMENT ━━━◤ ◥
????原作者
#原泰久 先生
◣ ◢⚔️2023.7.28(金)公開#いま運命が動き始める pic.twitter.com/Rp6htLBR3z
— 映画『キングダム 運命の炎』公式アカウント (@kingdomthemovie) December 31, 2022
Kingdom, the first film directed by Shinsuke Sato (GANTZ, Bleach live-action films), was released in Japan on April 19, 2019, then earned 5.73 billion yen (42.26 million USD) from its total domestic run. Then Kingdom 2 Harukanaru Daichi e (To the Land of Faraway), the second film followed on July 15, 2022, then earned 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).
1st film poster visual:
2nd film poster visual:
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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
