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Sword Boys Gather in Touken Ranbu Live-Action Film Poster for January 18, 2019 Release

The official website for Touken Ranbu The Movie, the upcoming first live-action film adaptation of Nitroplus and DMM Games' collectible card browser video game Touken Ranbu, posted a main poster visual featuring eight sword boys and also announced that it is set to be released in Japan on January 18, 2019.

 

The game franchise was launched in March 2016, and has been adapted into musicals, straight plays, and TV anime. The cast of the 2016 stage play Kyoden Moyuru Honnoji, including Hiroki Suzuki as Munechika Mikazuki, reprise their roles. 

 

According to director Saiji Yakumo (Ankoku Jyoshi)'s Twiiter posts, the film's shooting based on a screenplay by acclaimed tokusatsu scenario writer Yasuko Kobayashi (Kamen Rider Ryuki/Den-0/000, Ressha Sentai ToQger) was already finished on April 8 of this year, and he has been working

on post production.

 

Main poster visual with a tagline: "Mission: The Assassination of Nobunaga Oda"

 

Main cast:

 

  • Munechika Mikazuki: Hiroki Suzuki (Kendate Kazuma/Kamen Rider Blade in Kamen Rider Decade
  • Kunihiro Ymanbagiri: Yoshihiko Aramaki (Yujiro Kai in The Prince of Tennis Musical
  • Toushiro Yagen: Ryo Kitamura (Jinpachi Todo in Yowamushi Pedal TV drama) 
  • Hasebe Heshikiri: Masanari Wada (F6Karamatsu in Osomatsu-san stage plays)
  • Nihongou: Hiroaki Iwanaga (Guts in the Berserk anime series) 
  • Toushiro Honebami: Fuuma Sadamoto (Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis Musical
  • Yukimitsu Fudou: Taizo Shiina (Takeu Goudou in Fire Leon
  • Uguisumaru: Tomoki Hirose (Yusuke Makishima in Yowamushi Pedal stage plays)

 

 

 

The first three of the film's "MoviTike" edition advance tickets featuring Munechika, Nihongou, and Uguisumaru

will go on sale at theaters from November 2.

 

 

  


  

Source: "Touken Ranbu The Movie" official website / Twitter 

 

(c)2019 "Touken Ranbu The Movie" Production Committee

(c)2015-2019 DMM GAMES/Nitroplus

 



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