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KINGDOM 2 Continues The Sweeping Warring States Action Saga In The New Official Trailer

Call it obligatory, call it obsessive, I don’t care. Any day a trailer gets launched for a Shinsuke Sato flick is a good day, much like Thursday over here in the west as Japan is just now waking up to Friday in their time zone with a brand-spanking new trailer for Warring States-set epic, Kingdom 2, and that’s all I’m gonna call it until it gets a proper title translated so that I don’t end up butchering it. The sequel is based on Yasuhisa Hara’s 2006 manga which evidently led to Shueisha producing a live-action short ten years later, which in turn, paved the way for the amazing 2019 feature film adaptation from Toho, and you can read about that film here. Kento Yamazaki, who is running high on momentum this year as he is also set to reprise his role for a second season of Sato’s hit survival series, […]

The Sweeping, Epic Journey Continues In The First Official Trailer For Shinsuke Sato’s KINGDOM Sequel!

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Fans eager to follow-up with Shinsuke Sato’s long-celebrated 2019 period epic, Kingdom, can take a seat for the new official sequel trailer which launched on Sunday, early Monday in Japan, featuring the film’s theme song, “Live” by Mr. Children. A short version of the above trailer can be viewed here. You can also catch an earlier teaser here, in addition to a second promo back in January featuring a character fave now portrayed by actress Nana Seino, as based on Yasuhisa Hara’s 2006 manga series. Seino is one of the newest additions to the cast led by returning star Kento Yamazaki, back to reprise his role next to Kanna Hashimoto and Ryo Yoshizawa, and actor Takao Ozawa. Amane Okayama (Samurai Shifters), Takahiro Miura (The Great Yokai War: Guardians), Takayuki Hamatsu (One Cut Of The Dead), Etsushi Toyokawa (Samurai Marathon), Tsutomu Takahashi (New Interpretation Records of the Three Kingdoms) and Kiyohiko […]

Shinsuke Sato’s KINGDOM Sequel Campaign Kicks Off 2022 With New Teaser Announcement And Artwork Goods!

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We now have our first look at new teaser and poster art for the brand new Kingdom sequel from Toho, thanks to the film’s campaign announcing a Summer 2022 release. Filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (Bleach, Alice In Borderland) is back in the director’s chair with a mix of new and returning cast members headlining, including Kento Yamazaki, Kanna Hashimoto, Ryo Yoshizawa and Takao Ozawa all reprising their roles. Kingdom was released in 2019, based on Yasuhisa Hara’s 2006 Weekly Young Jump publication. The story for the inaugural epic is set against the backdrop of Qin – one of the seven major territories in 255 B.C. during the Warring States period – where a young war orphan named Shin (Yamazaki) bans together with a tribal drifter, and an exiled king with a keen likeness to Shin’s departed best friend, to help unify China by defeating the king’s evil younger half-brother who’s usurped […]

Shinsuke Sato Inherits A KINGDOM Sequel!

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Buried in all the terrible goings-on of news in the world in the last few weeks, at least one gem came to pass and just recently made my way with word that a sequel has been greenlit to follow-up Bleach helmer Shinsuke Sato’s hit manga adaptation, Kingdom. The official website presented an illustration from Kingdom creator, mangaka Yasuhisa Hara, to signal the sequel, formalizing the return of actors Kento Yamazaki and Ryō Yoshizawa, and actress Kanna Hashimoto to reprise their roles. Indeed, Sato himself, whose work I’ve enjoyed since The Princess Blade with Yumiko Shaku years ago, will return to the helm. Sequel details are pending, although those who are more apt to the franchise may have an idea for what may come after Sato’s intricate and sweeping Warring States Period story, about a young war orphan destined to become a hero following the death of his best friend. Designed […]