Kingdom
2019 Japanese film
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2024 | Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General was released as the third sequel. |
July 12 2024 | Release of the fourth Kingdom film in Japan. |
July 28 2023 | Release of the third Kingdom film, with the director and much of the cast returning from previous installments. |
July 15 2022 | Release of Kingdom 2: Far and Away in Japan, which generated 5.16 billion yen in box office revenue. |
2020 | Kingdom won the Excellence Award at the VFX-Japan Awards 2020. |
2020 | At the 43rd Japan Academy Film Prize, the film received multiple nominations and wins: Best Cinematography (Tarō Kawazu), Best Supporting Actor (Ryo Yoshizawa), Best Supporting Actress (Masami Nagasawa), Best Lighting Direction, and Best Art Direction (Iwao Saitō). |
May 28 2020 | Announcement of a sequel film to Kingdom, with Shinsuke Sato returning as director and key cast members Kento Yamazaki, Ryō Yoshizawa, and Kanna Hashimoto confirmed to return. |
2019 | Shinsuke Sato won Best Director at the 10th Location Japan Awards. |
2019 | Ryo Yoshizawa won the Supporting Actor Award at the 62nd Blue Ribbon Awards. |
2019 | Shinsuke Sato won Best Director at the 44th Hochi Film Award for the film Kingdom. |
2019 | Funimation announced screenings of the film during the second quarter. |
2019 | Funimation screened the film in North America during the third quarter of the year. |
April 19 2019 | The film was released nationwide in theaters. |
April 19 2019 | Kingdom was released nationwide in Japan, marking the first full-length film adaptation of the manga series. |
March 2019 | An English-subtitled trailer was screened at SXSW 2019, with lead actor Kento Yamazaki meeting the vice president of Sony Pictures International. |
January 16 2019 | Sony Pictures released the official trailer for the film. |
April 2018 | Production of the film took place in Japan and China. |
April 18 2018 | Hara tweeted a movie-ized cover illustration promoting the manga's adaptation to a film. |
2016 | Kento Yamazaki starred in a 3-minute short film of the same name, which was a precursor to the full-length Kingdom film. |
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