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KINGDOM: New Footage Teases Kento Yamazaki In Action For The Fifth Installment

In the hours that followed a major poster reveal on Thursday evening in my time zone, Toho revealed the official super teaser for the fifth entry into the Kingdom saga which you can view below. The footage, as does the poster, features audio from the cast of the franchise, namely lead actor Kento Yamazaki, who now dons a brand new uniform in succession with the journey of his character per Yasuhisa Hara’s hit manga. Franchise steward Shinsuke Sato is directing the film from a script by continuing scribe Tsutomu Kuroiwa, with Credeus, Inc. CEO, Shinzo Matsuhashi producing. Further casting details remain pending as production commences, as well as an official title following Kingdom (2019), Kingdom: Far And Away (2022), Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny (2023), and Kingdom: Return Of The Great General (2024). The new chapter opens in summer of 2026. Check out the super teaser below!

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KINGDOM: RETURN OF THE GREAT GENERAL Review: Shinsuke Sato’s Latest Rages On In An Extant Tale Of High Drama And Heroic Bloodshed

Kingdom: Return Of The Great General is now streaming on Netflix in the U.S. Imaginably, if the rest of us outside of Japan got to see Shinsuke Sato’s Kingdom: Return Of The Great General, the film would have easily listed for many of us somewhere in our top favorite action titles of 2024. Interest be damned, however, the obligatory window still applies for titles like these, and now the film is finally streaming on Netflix as of Wednesday. Sato’s continued adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara’s celebrated manga-cum-anime fave re-establishes the cast of the franchise thusfar, led by Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto, and Takao Osawa, as well as Nana Seino. Additionally, the film also brings back actors Koji Kikkawa and Oguri Shun whose characters are introduced in the outro sequences of the previous chapter, Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny. As Ohki (Osawa) prepares to lead the Qin army into its […]

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Titans Of War Clash In The New KINGDOM: RETURN OF THE GREAT GENERAL Official Trailer

Even at this stage, I’m a little aghast that some film fans are only just getting around to Shinsuke Sato’s Kingdom adaptations. Others are just as new as they are to other films like the HiGH&LOW franchise. Honestly, I really hope I’m doing my part in fixing that given the stateside availability of most of these titles in the last several years. At any rate, the Kingdom franchise lives on, from the pages of Yasuhisa Hara’s hit manga to Toho’s sprawling live action spectacle, the Warring States epic now reaches its latest climax in Sato’s Kingdom: Return Of The Great General. Opening July 12, actor Kento Yamazaki returns alongside Ryo Yoshizawa, Kanna Hashimoto and Takao Osawa for a story that sees the Qin State battling to unify China. The next chapter – as teased by Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny – now sees unfolding a mystery behind the death of […]

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KINGDOM: RETURN OF THE GREAT GENERAL Unveils New Teaser And Poster

Coming into fruition is the newest and exciting chapter in Shinsuke Sato’s Kingdom franchise with Japan’s July release, Kingdom: Return Of The Great General. Per the basis of its story on Yasuhisa Hara’s Warring States-set manga, the new film takes off from the events of the most recent third entry dubbed Kingdom: Flame Of Destiny. That brings us to the arrival of actor Koji Kikkawa in the role of Houken, a brooding “war god” with an insatiable need to quench his thirst with the blood of the allies that once betrayed him. Those details and more are all revealed in the first three films which are now streaming on Netflix, and available on Blu-Ray disc wherever they’re sold; You can especially dive a bit more into the subject matter here in my review of Flame Of Destiny. Make no mistake though, this saga is a must-see. I eagerly await its […]

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KINGDOM: THE FLAME OF DESTINY Review: Secrets, Lies And Intrigue Heat Up Shinsuke Sato’s Already Propulsive Third Chapter

Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny is streaming on Netflix. Filmmaker Shinsuke Sato is staying the course with his sprawling action adventure saga that is Kingdom, based on the work of mangaka Yasuhisa Hara and with production banner CREDEUS Inc. in his wheelhouse. With a fourth film in toe, Netflix subscribers now have a chance to run the current three-film course leading up to the latest installment, Kingdom: The Flame Of Destiny, segueing to the next phase of Sato’s Warring States epic with Kento Yamazaki, Ryo Yoshizawa and Kanna Hashimoto each reprising their roles. Also among the returning cast are actors Nana Seino and Masami Nagasawa, and Takao Osawa, the latter in what continues to be the most pivotal role of the whole franchise, possibly. To get the gist of what I’m saying, and if you haven’t done so yet, I recommend watching the first two installments. Otherwise, Kingdom: Flame Of […]

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KINGDOM: RETURN OF THE GREAT GENERAL Signals The Next Explosive Chapter In The First Teaser

Director Shinsuke Sato’s treatment of the Kingdom franchise continues to be one of the greatest and most beautiful looking things to happen to live-action manga adaptations, all right up to this past summer’s hit third chapter release, Kingdom: Flame Of Destiny. Following its announcement in September, the next feature installment based Yasuhisa Hara’s publication is only half a year away now with the July 12 release of Kingdom: Return Of The Great General, with Toho leading the charge as its begun so with an official teaser to signal fans. The cast of returning and new characters is led by Kento Yamazaki who continues the saga as Shin, the former orphan-turned-warrior whose ongoing pursuits to become the greatest general in the Warring States carry with them the memory of a beloved friend Piao, who sacrificed himself as the penultimate body double to King Eisei, both dually played by Ryo Yoshizawa. Following […]

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Shinsuke Sato’s KINGDOM Saga Continues With A Fourth Movie On The Way

Principal photography has already wrapped on a fourth installment of Shinsuke Sato’s sprawling live-action adaptation of the hit manga, Kingdom. The news comes following the release of the Toho/Sony Pictures International saga’s third chapter, Kingdom: Flame Of Destiny, which opened in Japan back in July. Kento Yamazaki (Netflix’s “Alice In Borderland”) leads a cast that includes Ryo Yoshizawa (Bleach) and Kanna Hashimoto (Gintama), for a story based on Yasuhisa Hara’s hit manga and adapted for the screen by Tsutomu Kuroiwa. Set during the Warring States, the saga chronicles war orphan Shin (Yamazaki) on his harrowing quest to become a great general, while aiding King Eisei (Yoshizawa) on his mission to unify China. The first and second films are currently streaming on Netflix in the U.S.. Further details on the fourth title and release remain pending as the film resume’s post-production. Read more at Eiga. Lead pic: Poster art for Kingdom: […]

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