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Main Cast For Live-Action Gintama Film Unveiled


This movie’s going to be stupid in all of the best ways.

Last week, the staff for the live-action Gintama film announced the major cast members for the feature. The series will star the following:

  • Gintoki Sakata: Shun Oguri
  • Shinpachi Shimura: Masaki Suda
  • Kagura: Kanna Hashimoto
  • Tae Shimura: Masami Nagasawa
  • Kotaro Katsura: Masaki Okada
  • Gengai Hiraga: Tsuyoshi Muro
  • Toshiro Hijikata: Yuuya Yagira
  • Sougo Okita: Ryo Yoshizawa
  • Isao Kondo: Kankurō Nakamura VI

Oguri was previously confirmed as Gintoki. Several cast visuals were unveiled, which you can check out below:

The Gintama film is based on Hideaki Sorachi’s manga of the same name. The feature will be helmed by Yūichi Fukuda (Hentai Kamen), who is also writing the script.

The Gintama manga kicked off in the pages of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump on December 8, 2003. The ongoing title currently spans 65 collected volumes. Several anime adaptations were produced, including four TV series, five OVAs, and three films.

Crunchyroll currently holds the domestic rights to the first Gintama anime, which they plan to offer on Blu-Ray. Viz Media currently holds the license for the Gintama manga.

Source: Comic Natalie

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