The official website for Touken Ranbu The Movie – Reimei (Dawn) -, the second live-action film adaptation of Nitroplus and DMM Games’ video game franchise Touken Ranbu, has released a teaser visual and trailer, announcing its release date of March 31, 2023.
The first film entitled Touken Ranbu The Movie (The title was changed to Touken Ranbu The Movie – Keishou (Succession) – when the DVD and Blu-ray were released) was directed by Saiji Yakumo (Ankoku Jyoshi) on a screenplay by acclaimed tokusatsu scenario writer Yasuko Kobayashi (Kamen Rider Ryuki/Den-0/000, Ressha Sentai ToQger), and was released in Japan on January 18, 2019.
The story of the second film is set in 995, the mid-Heian period.