Gintama (film)


Gintama is a Japanese jidaigeki action comedy film written and directed by, starring Shun Oguri and based on the manga and anime series of the same name written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was released on July 14, 2017 in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Plot

Yorozuya receives two similar and ultimately connected jobs: Elizabeth needs Odd Jobs to find Katsura, and a swordsmith needs the crew to find a dangerous sword named Benizakura. There is more to both requests than Gintoki and his friends thought.

Cast

took place in July, August and early September 2016.

Box office

The film grossed in Japan, making it the third highest-grossing domestic film of 2017. Overseas, the film grossed in China, in Hong Kong, $45,128 in Thailand, and $228,569 in South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. This adds up to a total box office gross of in the Asia-Pacific region.

Awards

Web series

A drama was released as extra material, adapting "The Okita Mitsuba Arc" from the manga and anime, with many of the original cast from the film, including Shun Oguri and most of The Shinsengumi live action portrayals.

Sequel

A sequel was produced and released on August 17, 2018. Most part of the actors from the first movie will be playing the same role in the new movie. The official title of the movie is Gintama 2: Okite wa Yaburu Tame ni Koso Aru. More cast members has been announced, Haruma Miura as Kamotaro Ito, Masataka Kubota as Bansai Kawakami and Midoriko Kimura as Otose.