The official website for Masaaki Yuasa‘s INU-OH, the musical anime feature film of Hideo Furukawa‘s Heike Monogatari: INU-OH no Maki (Tales of the Heike: Inu-Oh) novel, unveiled a new trailer and a new visual for the film on Tuesday. The trailer reveals the film’s May 28 opening date, and also contains the first dialogue lines from previously announced cast members Tasuku Emoto, Kenjiro Tsuda, and Yutaka Matsushige.
Emoto, Tsuda, and Matsushige play Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, INU-OH‘s father, and Tomona’s father, respectively. Avu-chan of the Queen Bee rock band plays INU-OH, and Mirai Moriyama plays Tomona.
The film made its world premiere in the 78th Venice International Film Festival in September 2021, and it was the first 2D Japanese film to compete in the Venice International Film Festival’s…
