In the year 995, due to a secret talk between Michinaga Fujiwara (Akira Emoto) and Seimei Abe (Terunosuke Takezai), Yorimitsu Minamoto (Kanji Tsuda) is ordered to subjugate ghost Shutendoji, who lives in Oe Mountain. Yorimitsu Minamoto and his men soon encounter difficulties in carrying out their mission due to the appearance of strangers. These strangers are handsome warriors Munechika Mikazuki (Hiroki Suzuki), Kunihiro Yamanbagiri (Yoshihiko Aramaki), Hasebe Heshikiri (Masanari Wada), and Toushirou Honebami (Fuma Sadamoto) and they are trying to protect history.
Costume
Elaborate period-appropriate fits that scream 'I am also a weapon.'
Practical Effects
Sword choreography blending historical technique with supernatural flair.
Production
Heian-era sets that somehow coexist with time-traveling pretty boys.
Director
Saiji Yakumo
Hiroki Suzuki
Mikazuki Munechika
Yoshihiko Aramaki
Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
Masanari Wada
Heshikiri Hasebe
Mizuki Umetsu
Yamanbarigi Chogi
Ryosuke Yamamoto
Hizamaru
Eito Konishi
Horikawa Kunihiro
Yuki Tamaki
Kogarasu Maru
Reo Honda
Ichigo Hitofuri
Fuma Sadamoto
Honebami Toshiro
Shiori Akita
Kotone
Satsuki Nakayama
Shuten-doji
Tsubasa Tobinaga
Kagami
Terunosuke Takezai
Abe no Seimei
Akira Emoto
Fujiwara no Michinaga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The swords are personified versions of actual National Treasures in Japan; Mikazuki is one of the Five Greatest Swords.
The film adapts the mobile game Touken Ranbu, whose massive female fanbase fundamentally reshaped Japan's sword museum tourism industry. Yes, really.
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