The film is slated to open in summer 2017 in theaters in Japan.
Yūichi Fukuda (live-action
HK/****** Kamen,
Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store) is directing the film, as well as penning the script. Fukuda
revealed in September that filming with Gintoki's actor
Shun Oguri has wrapped up.
The cast includes:
Shun Oguri as Gintoki Sakata, the protagonist who runs the Yorozuya shop
Masaki Suda as Shinpachi Shimura, who works at Yorozuya
Kanna Hashimoto as Kagura, another Yorozuya employee
Masami Nagasawa as Tae Shimura, a physically strong girl and sister of Shinpachi
Masaki Okada as Kotaro Katsura, Gintoki's longtime sworn friend
Tsuyoshi Muro as Gengai Hiraga, the properietor of Karakuri-dō
Yuuya Yagira as Toshiro Hijikata, a Shinsengumi member who is most popular with girls
Ryo Yoshizawa as Sougo Okita, a sharp-tounged Shinsengumi member
Kankurō Nakamura VI as Isao Kondo, a Shinsengumi commander
Hirofumi Arai as Nizō Okada
Jiro Sato as Henpeita Takechi
Nanao as Matako Kijima
Ken Yasuda as Tetsuya Murata
Akari Hayami as Tetsuko Murata
Tsuyoshi Domoto as Shinsuke Takasugi
[Via Otakomu]