In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.
Director:
Shinsuke Sato
From metacritic.com
User Lists
Related lists from IMDb users
Share this Rating
Title: Kingdom (2019)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
Learn more
More Like This
Kingdom
(TV Series 2012)
Animation
|
Action
|
Drama
Stars:
Masakazu Morita,
Jun Fukuyama,
Akio Kato
Just Only Love
(2018)
Drama
|
Romance
Director:
Rikiya Imaizumi
Stars:
Noriko Eguchi,
Mai Fukagawa,
Reiko Kataoka
Masquerade Hotel
(2019)
Crime
|
Mystery
Director:
Masayuki Suzuki
Stars:
Takuya Kimura,
Masami Nagasawa,
Nozomi de Lencquesaing
Ride Your Wave
(2019)
Animation
|
Comedy
|
Romance
Director:
Masaaki Yuasa
Stars:
Ryôta Katayose,
Rina Kawaei,
Honoka Matsumoto
Siblings of the Cape
(2018)
Drama
Director:
Shinzo Katayama
Stars:
Kenji Iwatani,
Yuki Kazamatsuri,
Masayasu Kitayama
The Journalist
(2019)
Drama
Director:
Michihito Fujii
Stars:
Eun-kyung Shim,
Tôri Matsuzaka,
Tsubasa Honda
The Great War of Archimedes
(2019)
Action
|
Drama
|
Mystery
Director:
Takashi Yamazaki
Stars:
Jun Kunimura,
Minami Hamabe,
Masaki Suda
The Fable
(2019)
Action
|
Comedy
Director:
Kan Eguchi
Stars:
Jun'ichi Okada,
Zuimaro Awashima,
Shingo Fujimori
Red Blade
(2018)
Action
Director:
Takahiro Ishihara
Stars:
Kanon Hanakage,
Yukio Iketani,
Joey Iwanaga
Animation
|
Action
|
Adventure
Director:
Tomoka Nagaoka
Stars:
Yu Asakawa,
Kurt Common,
Ryan Drees
Inuyashiki
(2018)
Drama
|
Sci-Fi
|
Thriller
Director:
Shinsuke Sato
Stars:
Noritake Kinashi,
Takeru Satoh,
Kanata Hongô
Fly Me to the Saitama
(2019)
Comedy
|
Drama
Director:
Hideki Takeuchi
Stars:
Kumiko Asô,
Gackt,
Yûsuke Iseya
Edit
Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
| Kento Yamazaki | ... | Li Xin | |
| Ryô Yoshizawa | ... | Yin Zheng / Piao | |
| Masami Nagasawa | ... | Yang Duan He | |
| Kanna Hashimoto | ... | He Liao Diao | |
| Kanata Hongô | ... | Cheng Jiao | |
| Shinnosuke Mitsushima | ... | Bi | |
| Masahiro Takashima | ... | Chang Wen Jun | |
| Jun Kaname | ... | Teng | |
| Takao Ohsawa | ... | Wang Qi | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 |
Shin'nosuke Abe | ... | Ba Jio |
|
|
Ami 201 | ... | Lang Kai |
|
|
Motoki Fukami | ... | Shukyou |
|
|
Jun Hashimoto | ... | Muta |
|
|
Wataru Ichinose | ... | Ta Jifu |
| Renji Ishibashi | ... | Si Shi | |
Edit
Plot Summary
|
Add Synopsis
Storyline
In ancient China, a young boy dreams of becoming the greatest general of the Qin Kingdom.
Taglines:
Take back everything. See more »Certificate:
See all certifications »Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents »
Edit
See full technical specs »
Details
Country:
JapanLanguage:
JapaneseRelease Date:
16 August 2019 (USA) See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company (CTV), East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc., Fukuoka Broadcasting System (FBS) See more »
Show more on
IMDbPro »
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Color:
Color
Edit
Did You Know?
Trivia
Kanna Hashimoto and voice actor Rie Kugimiya share the same role (He Liao Diao in the Kingdom live-action and anime adaptations) for the second time, after both having portrayed Kagura in the Gintama films and anime. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.On IMDb TV, you can catch Hollywood hits and popular TV series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free!
Explore popular action and adventure titles available to stream with Prime Video.
Xin (Kento Yamazaki) and Piao (Ryo Yoshizawa) are slave children in China in 255 BC, but both teach themselves swordfighting (using sticks) together and vow to become great generals, somehow. One day, a powerful lord comes to their farm and picks Piao to go with him to the palace, leaving Xin behind. Xin continues to train on his own, determined to catch up to Piao one day, but instead Piao returns to the farm, fatally wounded. It seems he was chosen simply because he looks exactly like the King of Qin, Yin Zheng (also Ryo Yoshizawa), and Piao was killed in place of the king by the king's evil younger brother, Cheng Jiao (Kanata Hongo), who has more royal blood than Zheng and therefore believes he has more right to the throne. Xin vows revenge and takes off on an adventure, which leads him straight to Zheng and more trouble than he'd ever imagined....
It's a bit odd that an historical Chinese epic has been made by the Japanese film director, Shinsuke Sato, based on a Japanese manga, but it works really well. Sato has been described as the Japanese Steven Spielberg, which is to say he knows how to stage epic fights, glorious spectacle and resonating themes of friendship, loyalty and the struggle against oppression. A bit long at 2 1/4 hours or so, but the motivations of the main characters and the arc of the story are never lost or bogged down in too much detail; I've left out a slew of characters (including a very important female character) in the above description, but really that's all you need to know. If you like epic battle scenes featuring lances and arrows and, especially, swords, you'll love this feature!