The new poster is online for Warner Bros. Japan’s upcoming live-action manga thriller, Black Butler. Adapted for a big screen spin-off from Yana Toboso’s original 2006 Square Enix manga publication by screenwriter Kuroiwa Tsutomu for directors Kentaro Otani and Keiichi Satou, the film stars Hiro Mizushima in the title role along with actress Ayame GÅriki set in a futuristic multicultural Victorian-era Asian city in a story about a wealthy heiress who masks her identity as a boy to exact her revenge with the help of her butler, whose unique skillset make him a force to be recknoned with.
Featuring action choreography by
Ouchi Takahito,
Black Butler also stars
Ohno Takuro,
Yuka,
Kaito Ken,
Mizuki Yamamoto,
Maruyama Tomomi,
Shirota Yu,
Yasuda Ken,
Hashimoto Satoshi,
Shigaki Taro,
Ibu Masato and
Kishitani Goro. The film will release in domestically on
January 18, 2014. You can also view some recent publicity photos now available from the folks at
Crunchy Roll.
SYNOPSIS (written and interpreted by myself partly from AsianWiki):
In the year 2020, Shiori Genbo runs the large corporation Funtom. Shiori is also a descendant of prestigious noble family Phantomhive of England, with her inheritance merited only by her appearance as a boy.
Orphaned at the age of ten upon the murder of her parents, her work is assisted by her loyal bodyguard, a supernatural demon in the form of Sebastian Michaelis, an exceptionally skilled butler whose etiquette and intelligence are as equally deadly as his craft in killing, both of which prove useful for Shiori in exacting her revenge. But for dealing with the devil, it may cost her more than any fortune she’s willing to pay.
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