Streaming Sleepers: Shinsuke Sato’s KINGDOM And KINGDOM 2: FAR AND AWAY Charge Into Battle On Netflix!
Any day is a good day when there is Shinsuke Sato-related news to report, and I nearly cried when I learned this. Laugh and judge me as you may, I don’t care. These are the happy tears, buddy…
Netflix has just released Sato’s 2019 epic, Kingdom, along with last year’s blockbuster sequel, Kingdom 2: Far And Away, both starring Alice In Borderland’s Kento Yamazaki and based on Yasuhisa Hara’s hit manga.
Kingdom sees Yamazaki in the role of Xin, an orphan who vows vengeance after losing a dear friend, striving to become the world’s greatest general. The sequel continues with Xin joining a ragtag infantry to fend off a far-superior invading army.
Actors Kanna Hashimoto and Ryo Yoshizawa also return to headline both films, as well as Sato’s trilogical installment, Kingdom 3: Flame Of Destiny. That film opens through Toho in Japan next Friday, stateside Netflix launch pending, fingers crossed of course.
Kingdom firstly landed on streaming over at Funimation following its festival circulation and limited U.S. theatrical run. There wasn’t a single announcement anywhere about its acquisition by Netflix of late that I could find, or that of its sequel, but you can best believe this only adds to the streamer’s superb line-up of Asian film and drama content of a Japanese variety.
Feel free to read my Fantasia review of Kingdom for some extra highlights, and then head over to Netflix and start the journey!
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