Touken Ranbu (film)

Touken Ranbu: The Movie
Theatrical release poster
Kanji映画刀剣乱舞-継承-
Revised HepburnEiga Tōken Ranbu -Keishō-
Directed bySaiji Yakumo
Written byYasuko Kobayashi
Based onTouken Ranbu
by DMM Games and Nitroplus
Produced byTakeshi Date
Starring
Cinematography
  • Takeshi Tsuji
  • Eiji Mukoyama
Edited byAkira Takeda
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Touken Ranbu: The Movie (Japanese: 映画刀剣乱舞-継承-, Hepburn: Eiga Tōken Ranbu -Keishō-) is a 2019 Japanese fantasy film adaptation of a video game series of the same name. The cast from Stage: Touken Ranbu reprise their roles in the film. Distributed by Toho and Universal Pictures, the film was directed by Saiji Yakumo and written by Yasuko Kobayashi, and was released in Japan on January 18, 2019. The theme song of the film is "UNBROKEN" by Takanori Nishikawa feat. Tomoyasu Hotei.

The film follows a group of sword warriors, known as "Touken Danshi", as they attempt to stop an enemy faction known as the Time Retrograde Army from interfering with the Honnō-ji Incident.