Gintoki Sakata (Shun Oguri), Shinpachi Shimura (Masaki Suda) and Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto) are looking for work in the sequel GINTAMA. Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © Hideaki Sorachi/SHUEISHA © 2018 Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan Official Site: gintama-film.com (Japan)
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Poster courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © Hideaki Sorachi/SHUEISHA © 2018 Warner Bros. Pictures Japan has provided information and large, high-res photos from GINTAMA 2: RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN (??2 ???????????, Gintama 2 Okite wa Yaburu Tame ni soko Aru), the sequel to the 2017 box office hit GINTAMA (??). Both live-action films are based on Hideaki Sorachi`s manga, which has sold more than 55 million copies to date. The comic`s fusion of sci-fi, action, comedy, and samurai period film are given life on the big screen, thanks to returning director Yuichi Fukuda and a cast headed by Shun Oguri. STORY Gintoki Sakata (Shun Oguri), Shinpachi Shimura (Masaki Suda) and Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto) are out of work and running low on money so they take up part-time jobs to pay the rent. However, they encounter shogun Shigeshige Tokugawa (Ryo Katsuji) wherever they go and are compelled to wine and dine him. Meanwhile, the assassination plot of Isao Kondo (Kankuro Nakamura) is being planned inside the Shinsengumi. CREDITS Japanese Theatrical Release: Friday, August 17, 2018 (Nationwide Roadshow) Running Time: 135 Minutes Cast Gintoki Sakata: Shun Oguri Shinpachi Shimura: Masaki Suda Kagura: Kanna Hashimoto Toshiro Hijikata: Yuya Yagira Kamotaro Ito: Haruma Miura Bansai Kawakami: Masataka Kubota Sogo Okita: Ryo Yoshizawa Shigeshige Tokugawa: Ryo Katsuji Tae Shimura: Masami Nagasawa Kotaro Katsura: Masaki Okada Ayame Sarutobi: Natsuna Watanabe Sagaru Yamazaki: Junki Tozuka Gengai Hiraga: Tsuyoshi Muro Otose: Midoriko Kimura Club Manager: Jiro Sato Katakuriko Matsudaira: Shinichi Tsutsumi Isao Kondo: Kankuro Nakamura Shinsuke Takasugi: Tsuyoshi Domoto Staff Director: Yuichi Fukuda Screenplay: Yuichi Fukuda Original Story: Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi (Published in Weekly Shonen Jump) Producers: Shinzo Matsuhashi, Susumu Hieda Cinematography: Yasuyuki Suzuki Lighting: Takamichi Fujita Editor: Jun Kuriyagawa Theme Song: "Greatly Incorrect" by back number (Universal Sigma) Production: "Gintama 2" Film Partners Production Studio: Plus D Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Japan World Sales: Warner Bros. Japan LLC © Hideaki Sorachi/SHUEISHA © 2018 "Gintama 2" Film Partners
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Toshiro Hijikata (Yuya Yagira) and Kamotaro Ito (Haruma Miura). Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © Hideaki Sorachi/SHUEISHA © 2018 
Bansai Kawakami (Masataka Kubota). Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © Hideaki Sorachi/SHUEISHA © 2018 
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Isao Kondo (Kankuro Nakamura). Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. © Hideaki Sorachi/SHUEISHA © 2018 
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