Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have the very first video for the live-action Touken Ranbu film! Toho’s official YouTube channel has now dropped the video, and it highlights the film’s main characters and the story.

Live-action Mars’ Saiji Yakumo is directing the film, while Attack on Titan anime’s Yasuko Kobayashi is writing the script. The staff previously announced the film’s cast, and they include a few cast members from the live-action stage play. It also features one seiyuu/Kamen Rider that many of us are familiar with.

  • Hiroki Suzuki as Mikazuki Munechika*
  • Yoshihiro Aramaki as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro*
  • Ryou Kitamura as Yagen Toushirou*
  • Masanari Wada as Heshikiri Hasebe*
  • Hiroaki Iwanaga (Berserk anime’s Guts) as Nihongou
  • Fuuma Sadamoto as Honebami Toushirou
  • Taizou Shiina as Fudou Yukimitsu *
  • Tomoki Hirose as Uguisu Maru

*  reprises role from the live-action stage plays

The film will premiere on 18 January 2019.