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Live-Action Blade of the Immortal Film's 1st 2 Teaser Trailers Introduce Cast

Blade of the Immortal "neo period drama" manga on Thursday. The teaser introduces the film's cast. The film's official website is streaming a second, full version of the teaser with more footage, including dialogue.

• Text: 2017
• Text: April 29
• Text: Opening Confirmed
• Text: Starring Takuya Kimura
• Text: Hana Sugisaki
• Text: Sōta Fukushi
• Text: Hayato Ichihara
• Text: Erika Toda
• Text: Ebizo Ichikawa
• Text: Director: Takashi Miike
• Text: Blade of the Immortal
• Text: Go to the official website for the full version!

The full version of the teaser features a preview of the climactic scene with Manji and Rin surrounded by 300 enemies. He asks her, "Rin, who should I cut down?" Rin replies, "Anyone who tries to cut me down."

The manga follows Manji's journey of revenge as the yōjinbō (bodyguard) of Rin, a young woman who swears vengeance against a group of sword fighters who murdered her parents.

The film's lead actors Rin Asano.

Prolific filmmaker Takashi Miike (Crows) is directing the film. Filming took place in Kyoto in extremely cold weather, and the climax of Manji and Rin versus 300 enemies took about 15 days to shoot. The film will open in Japan on April 29.

The additional cast include:

(Top row, from left to right):

• Sōta Fukushi as Kagehisa Anotsu
• Hayato Ichihara as Shira
• Erika Toda as Makie Otono-Tachibana

(Middle row, from left to right):

• Kazuki Kitamura as Sabato Kuroi
• Chiaki Kuriyama as Hyakurin
• Taito Magatsu

(Bottom row, from left to right):

• Ichikawa Ebizō XI as Eiku Shizuma
• Min Tanaka as Kagimura Habaki
• Tsutomu Yamazaki as Kensui Ibane

Samura launched the Blade of the Immortal manga in won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of Foreign Material in 2000. The manga is getting a reprint in Japan with new covers.

Tomokazu Seki, who reprised his role from the anime as Manji.

Source: Anime! Anime!