Touken Ranbu Live-action Film Sequel Teaser Confirms Its March 31, 2023 Release Date
The official website for Touken Ranbu The Movie – Reimei (Dawn) –, the second live-action film adaptation of Nitroplus and DMM Games’ video game franchise Touken Ranbu, has released a teaser visual and trailer, announcing its release date of March 31, 2023.
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Teaser visual with a tagline “History and friends disappear together–.”
Teaser trailer:
The first film entitled Touken Ranbu The Movie (The title was changed to Touken Ranbu The Movie – Keishou (Succession) – when the DVD and Blu-ray were released) was directed by Saiji Yakumo (Ankoku Jyoshi) on a screenplay by acclaimed tokusatsu scenario writer Yasuko Kobayashi (Kamen Rider Ryuki/Den-0/000, Ressha Sentai ToQger), and was released in Japan on January 18, 2019. The 105-minute film was received well by critics and the fans of the original game and its stage play adaptations, making a very good 920 million yen (7.43 million USD) from its domestic run.
All of the main cast members are confirmed to return. Akira Emoto as Michinaga Fujiwara, Kanji Tsuda as Yorimitsu Fujiwara, and Terunosuke Takezai as Seimei Abeno newly join teh cast. The story of the second film is set in 995, the mid-Heian period. The first film was set in the Sengoku period, around 1582, when Oda Nobunaga was assassinated.
The first film’s Saiji Yakumo returns to the director’s chair, and the first film’s line producer Hideyuki Kobashi and the Demonbane game series creator Jin Haganeya newly provide a screenplay.
『#映画刀剣乱舞-黎明-』
ティザービジュアルも解禁！━━━━━━━━━━━
歴史も、友も、
消える――
━━━━━━━━━━━2023年3月31日(金)全国ロードショーhttps://t.co/rqsXhiDh2R pic.twitter.com/z9vXyyZTNI
— 『映画刀剣乱舞』公式 (@toukenthemovie) November 23, 2022
The main cast:
- Hiroki Suzuki as Mikazuki Munechika
- Yoshihiko Aramaki as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
- Masanari Wada as Heshikiri Hasebe
- Mizuki Umezu as Yamanbagiri Chouki
- Takanmichi Sato as Higekiri
- Ryosuke Yamamoto as Hizamaru
- Fuma Sadamoto as Honebami Toushirou
- Reo Honda as Ichigo Hitofuri
- Eito Konishi as Horikawa Kunihiro
- Yuuki Tamaki as Kogarasumaru
Source: “Touken Ranbu The Movie – Reimei -” official website / Twitter
(c)2023 “Touken Ranbu The Movie” Production Committee/NITRO PLUS・EXNOA LLC
(c)2015-2019 DMM GAMES/Nitroplus
