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Live-Action Blade of the Immortal Film's Stills Show Erika Toda, Sōta Fukushi in Costume
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff for the live-action Sōta Fukushi in costume as their characters Makie Otono-Tachibana and Kagehisa Anotsu on Wednesday. The first and second images below show Toda, while the third image shows Fukushi.
The staff streaming a short web version of the teaser trailer for the film in November.
The full version of the teaser, available on the film's official website, features a preview of this 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 Tsukuroi Tatsu Hito) plays heroine Rin Asano.
Prolific filmmaker As the Gods Will, 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
- Kazuki Kitamura as Sabato Kuroi
- Chiaki Kuriyama as Hyakurin
- Taito Magatsu
- 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: Comic Natalie
