On December 13, Toho announced the lineup of films to be released in 2023 at the press conference held in Tokyo, which included the third live-action film adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara's historical adventure manga Kingdom.
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 has 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) so far.
A teaser trailer for the third film was already screened in the end of the second film in Japanese theaters. And now, Kingdom 3 (tentative title) is officially scheduled to be released in Japan in the summer of 2023. According to the announcement, director Shinsuke Sato and 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.
1st film poster visual:
2nd film poster visual:
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Source: Toho
(c) Yasuhisa Hara/Shueihsa (c)2019 Movie "Kingdom" Production Committee
(c) Yasuhisa Hara/Shueihsa (c)2022 Movie "Kingdom" Production Committee
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