GINTAMA Live-Action Film Hits North American Theatres January 2018

This one is more for our friends across the pond in North America where Azoland Pictures will be bringing the Gintama live-action film to theatres in January 2018.

Jealousy is an understatement here as Azoland Pictures partners with Well Go USA to release Gintama live-action film in theatres across the U.S. and Canada from January 19, 2018. Tickets and participating cinemas can be purchased/found via the Azoland Pictures website at http://www.azolandpictures.com/gintama/

Adapted from the hugely popular Weekly Shonen Jump manga series by Hideaki Sorachi the live-action is directed by Yuichi Fukuda (Hentai Kamen: Forbidden Super Hero) and features some very recognisable talent, see staff and cast listings below:

Staff
Director: Yuichi Fukuda
Screenplay: Yuichi Fukuda
Cinematography: Tetsuya Kudo
Production Design: Noriyoshi Ikeya
Costume Design: Kazuhiro Sawataishi

Cast:
Gintoki Sakata: Shun Oguri
Shinpachi Shimura: Masaki Suda
Kagura: Kanna Hashimoto
Kotaro Katsura: Masaki Okada
Tae Shimura: Masami Nagasawa
Gengai Hiraga: Murotsuyoshi
Isao Kondo: Kankuro Nakamura
Toshiro Hijikata: Yuya Yagira
Sogo Okita: Ryo Yoshizawa
Testuya Murata: Ken Yasuda
Tetsuko Murata: Akari Hayami
Nizo Okada: Hirofumi Arai
Henpeita Takechi: Jiro Sato
Matako Kijima: Nanao
Shinsuke Takasugi: Tsuyoshi Domoto

The film will be featured in theatres in the original Japanese audio with English subtitles.

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