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Kanji | 映画刀剣乱舞-継承- |
Revised Hepburn | Eiga Tōken Ranbu -Keishō- |
Directed by | Saiji Yakumo |
Written by | Yasuko Kobayashi |
Based on | Touken Ranbu by DMM Games and Nitroplus |
Produced by | Takeshi Date |
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Edited by | Akira Takeda |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Touken Ranbu: The Movie (Japanese: 映画刀剣乱舞-継承-, Hepburn: Eiga Tōken Ranbu -Keishō-) is a 2019 Japanese fantasy film adaptation of a video game series of the same name. The cast from Stage: Touken Ranbu reprise their roles in the film.[1] Distributed by Toho and Universal Pictures, the film was directed by Saiji Yakumo and written by Yasuko Kobayashi, and was released in Japan on January 18, 2019.[2][3][4] The theme song of the film is "UNBROKEN" by Takanori Nishikawa feat. Tomoyasu Hotei.[5]
The film follows a group of sword warriors, known as "Touken Danshi", as they attempt to stop an enemy faction known as the Time Retrograde Army from interfering with the Honnō-ji Incident.