Hideaki Sorachi’s action-comedy manga series Gintama comes to life in a full-length feature film titled after the manga series of the same name from director Yuichi Fukuda. The film will be shown in Canada at select Cineplex locations in Japanese with English subtitles.

An alien group has overrun Japan, driving many samurai into hiding and giving up their trade. One such samurai, Gintoki Sakata, becomes a handyman, filling in wherever he’s needed to work. Another swordsman approaches Gintoki with a job, to seek out and secure the cursed sword Benizakura. If Benizakura falls into the wrong hands, the consequences for humanity become dire.

The cast of Gintama includes:

• Shun Oguri as Gintoki Sakata
• Masaki Suda as Shinpachi Shimura
• Kanna Hashimoto as Kagura
• Masaki Okada as Kotaro Katsura
• Masami Nagasawa as Tae Shimura
• Murotsuyoshi as Gengai Hiraga
• Kankuro Nakamura as Isao Kondo
• Yuya Yagira as Toshiro Hijikata
• Ryo Yoshizawa as Sogo Okita
• Ken Yasuda as Testuya Murata
• Akari Hayami as Tetsuko Murata
• Hirofumi Arai as Nizo Okada
• Jiro Sato as Henpeita Takechi
• Nanao as Matako Kijima
• Tsuyoshi Domoto as Shinsuke Takasugi

Gintama was originally released in Japanese theatres on July 14^th, 2017.

Source: Azoland Pictures

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