Kodoani.com – Stage welcome event of “Kingdom: Unmei no Honō“(Flames of Destiny), the third live-action film based on the manga”Kingdom” by Yasuhisa Hara, announced on Tuesday that a fourth film in the series is in production. Trailers for the fourth film began screening at the same time as the third film in theaters on Friday. . Shinsuke Satō directs the new film again. Filming for the new film has been completed and is in post-production.
The third film opened in Japan on July 28 and ranked No. 1 in its opening weekend. The film had the best opening weekend among all three “Kingdom” films. The film has earned a total of 5,115,450,360 yen (about $34.88 million) as of Sunday.
The film covers the manga’s Shi Ka and Battle of the Bayou arcs – the first time Shin (Xin) and Ō Ki (Wang Qi) stand together on the battlefield to resist the invasion of the mighty Chō (Zhao). strong from the north. Anne (Anne Watanabe) joins the cast as key character Shi Ka (Zi Xia). Other new cast members include Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Fuu Ki (Feng Ji), Kōji Yamamoto as Chō Sō (Zhao Zhuang), Yuki Yamada as Man Goku (Wan Ji), Eri Murakawa as You Li (Yū Ri ) and Hinako Sakurai as Dong Mai (Tō Bi).
Kento Yamazaki, Ryō Yoshizawa, Takao Osawa and Kanna Hashimoto all reprized their respective characters Shin (Xin), Ei Sei (Yin Zheng), Ō Ki (Wang Qi) and Ka Ryō Ten (He Liao Diao) ), from the film two films earlier. Nana Seino, Hiroshi Tamaki and Kōichi Satō from the second film also reprise their respective characters Kyо̄ Kai, Sho Hei Kun (Lord Changping) and Ryo Fui (Lu Buwei).
Shinsuke Satō (live-action Gantz, Death Note Light up the NEW world, Bleach) returns as director. Hara and Tsutomu Kuroiwa (One Piece Film Gold, live-action Black Butler, GANTZ:O) return to write the script.
The first film opened in Japan in April 2019 and eventually earned a cumulative total of 5.73 billion yen (about $53.2 million). The second film “Kingdom II: Harukanaru Daichi e” (To Distant Lands) opened in Japan in July 2022 and earned a revenue of 5.16 billion yen (about 37.8 million USD), becoming highest-earning Japanese live-action film in Japan in 2022.
According to: Kodoani.com
