Touken Ranbu (film)

Touken Ranbu: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Kanji映画刀剣乱舞-継承-
Revised HepburnEiga Tōken Ranbu -Keishō-
Directed bySaiji Yakumo
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Based onTouken Ranbu
by DMM Games and Nitroplus
Produced byTakeshi Date
Starring
Cinematography
  • Takeshi Tsuji
  • Eiji Mukoyama
Edited byAkira Takeda
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

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