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it grossed over 3.5 billion yen in Japan.", "snippet": "Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken (銀魂2 掟は破るためにこそある), also Gintama 2: Okite wa Yaburu Tame ni Koso Aru, is a 2018 Japanese live-action film by Yuichi Fukuda adapting Sorachi's manga, fusing the Shinsengumi Douran and Shogun Reception arcs; it grossed over 3.5 billion yen in Japan.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.franchise-series.franchise-series.teen-comedy-series-entries.entries-released-in-the-2010s", "markdown": "# Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken\n\n**Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken** (*Gintama 2: Okite wa Yaburu Tame ni Koso Aru*, 銀魂2 掟は破るためにこそある) is a 2018 Japanese live-action comedy-action film directed and written by Yuichi Fukuda, the second live-action adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi's manga *Gintama* and a sequel to the 2017 film *Gintama*.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291) It was released in Japan on August 17, 2018 by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, runs 134 to 135 minutes, and stars [Shun Oguri](https://www.edgepedia.org/shun-oguri) as the samurai handyman Gintoki Sakata.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291) • [2](https://eiga.com/movie/88151/) The film became one of the highest-grossing Japanese live-action releases of 2018, earning over 3.5 billion yen in Japan.[3](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181002dog00m200021000c.html)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Japanese title | 銀魂2 掟は破るためにこそある (*Gintama 2: Okite wa Yaburu Tame ni Koso Aru*)[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291) |\n| Release | August 17, 2018 (Japan); distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291) |\n| Director and writer | Yuichi Fukuda (screenplay and direction); original story by Hideaki Sorachi[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291) |\n| Source material | Fusion of the manga's \"Shinsengumi Douran\" and \"Shogun Reception\" story arcs[2](https://eiga.com/movie/88151/) |\n| Lead cast | Shun Oguri (Gintoki Sakata), Masaki Suda (Shinpachi Shimura), Kanna Hashimoto (Kagura)[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291) |\n| Japan box office | Opening day 279,910,100 yen, 215,903 admissions; over 3.5 billion yen and 2.69 million admissions by October 1, 2018[4](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2018/8/20/japan-box-office-live-action-gintama-2-debuts-at-no1-with-excellent-528-million-yen) • [3](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181002dog00m200021000c.html) |\n| Worldwide gross | $30,896,653, essentially all from Japan[5](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7639528/) |\n| Theme song | \"Daifuseikai\" (大不正解) by back number[6](https://starto.jp/s/p/discography/1000737267) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story and source material\n\nThe film is set in an alternate [Edo period](https://www.edgepedia.org/edo-period) in which Japan has been conquered by aliens called the Amanto, forcing the samurai to lay down their swords.[7](https://wellgousa.com/films/gintama) Gintoki Sakata, a former samurai once feared as the \"White Demon,\" runs the Yorozuya odd-jobs business with Shinpachi Shimura and the superstrong alien girl Kagura.[7](https://wellgousa.com/films/gintama) • [8](https://www.blackgate.com/2019/09/15/fantasia-2019-day-18-part-1-gintama-2-rules-are-made-to-be-broken/)\n\nThe plot combines two arcs from the manga. In the comedic first half, the broke Yorozuya trio takes part-time jobs at a hostess club and a barbershop, but keeps running into the shogun, Tokugawa Shigeshige, traveling incognito, and must entertain him at risk of decapitation.[9](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/story/) In the second half, the special police force [Shinsengumi](https://www.edgepedia.org/shinsengumi) falls into internal crisis: an assassination plot against commander Kondo Isao is planned, and vice-commander Toshiro Hijikata is taken over by a second personality, the wimpy otaku \"Tosshi,\" and expelled from the force.[9](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/story/) Hijikata turns to his rival Gintoki for help, while the Kiheitai band led by [Takasugi Shinsaku](https://www.edgepedia.org/takasugi-shinsaku) plots to assassinate the shogun and overthrow the shogunate.[9](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/story/)\n\nDirector Fukuda said he conceived the hybrid after reading audience reactions to the first film and realizing that *Gintama* was expected to be funny, cool, and moving at once, which led him to merge the shogun-reception story with the Shinsengumi Douran arc.[10](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/news/index.html?id=1) Producer Shinzo Matsuhashi said fan posts calling for a live-action version of the Shinsengumi arc helped push the sequel forward.[11](https://press.moviewalker.jp/news/article/154181/)\n\n## Cast and production\n\nShun Oguri, Masaki Suda, and [Kanna Hashimoto](https://www.edgepedia.org/kanna-hashimoto) reprised their roles as Gintoki, Shinpachi, and Kagura from the first film, with Fukuda returning as director and screenwriter.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291) The supporting cast includes Yuya Yagira as Hijikata, Haruma Miura as the scheming staff officer Ito Kamotaro, Masataka Kubota as the swordsman Kamo Kawakami (Kawakami Bansai), Ryo Yoshizawa as Okita Sougo, Ryo Katsuji as the shogun Tokugawa Shigeshige, Masami Nagasawa as Tae Shimura, Masaki Okada as Katsura Kotaro, Tsuyoshi Domoto as Takasugi, Shinichi Tsutsumi as Matsudaira Katakuriko, and Kankuro Nakamura as Kondo.[12](https://www.warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/pt1suzzht/) • [13](https://tv.apple.com/jp/movie/gintama-2/umc.cmc.5s9sgdo6cuaqsvjjri1dnnpx3?l=en)\n\nFilming took place in February and March 2018, about a year after the first film's release.[14](https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20180723-gintama2/) Fukuda said the sequel allowed the production to invest more in large sets and art detail than the first film.[14](https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20180723-gintama2/) The manga the film adapts had sold over 55 million copies in print at the time.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291)\n\n## Box office\n\nThe film opened on 346 screens (470 screens total) across Japan on August 17, 2018.[10](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/news/index.html?id=1) Its opening-day gross of 279,910,100 yen on 215,903 admissions was 159 percent of the first film's opening day.[4](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2018/8/20/japan-box-office-live-action-gintama-2-debuts-at-no1-with-excellent-528-million-yen) It took first place in the weekend ranking of August 18 to 19 with 528 million yen from 385,000 admissions, and its first three days brought 807 million yen, breaking the first film's three-day record.[4](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2018/8/20/japan-box-office-live-action-gintama-2-debuts-at-no1-with-excellent-528-million-yen) It stayed in the top five for five consecutive weekends, and by September 4 had passed 2.5 billion yen.[3](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181002dog00m200021000c.html) • [10](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/news/index.html?id=1)\n\nBy October 1, 2018 the cumulative total stood at 3,506,345,800 yen from 2,692,281 admissions, making it the third-highest-grossing Japanese live-action film of 2018, behind *Code Blue the Movie* and *Shoplifters*.[3](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181002dog00m200021000c.html) It ranked 13th among all films released in Japan in 2018 by admissions, with 2,813,688 tickets sold.[15](https://www.culturenet.cz/coKmv4d994Swax/uploads/2014/11/Focus-2019.pdf.pdf) [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo) records a worldwide total of $30,896,653, with Japan accounting for $30,735,376 and small releases in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Australia.[5](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7639528/)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe [South China Morning Post](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-china-morning-post) gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5, calling it \"a movie of two halves\": a joke-heavy first half in which the trio provides hilariously incompetent services to the shogun, and a second half that is an engaging, surprisingly sombre drama about a coup within the special police force. The review singled out parody gags sending up *Neon Genesis Evangelion* and *My Neighbor Totoro* as exceptionally good.[16](https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2166038/gintama-2-rules-are-made-be-broken-film-review-surreal-comedy-and) A Fantasia Festival review found the film more restrained than its predecessor, with the Shinsengumi storyline sidelining the ostensible leads, but still recognizably a sequel with similar humor and look.[8](https://www.blackgate.com/2019/09/15/fantasia-2019-day-18-part-1-gintama-2-rules-are-made-to-be-broken/) On the Japanese review site Eiga.com the film holds a user score of 3.8 out of 5 from 376 reviews.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/88151/)\n\n## Home media and related releases\n\nA companion dTV original drama series, *Gintama 2: Yo ni mo Kimyou na Gintama-chan*, began streaming on August 18, 2018, adapting three gag episodes from the manga with the film's cast.[17](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/news/index.html?id=0512) The film's Blu-ray and DVD editions were released on December 18, 2018, with digital distribution beginning November 21, 2018; the premium edition includes a making-of, unreleased footage and outtakes, event footage, and a special video for the theme song \"Daifuseikai\" by back number.[18](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/home_entertainment/) • [6](https://starto.jp/s/p/discography/1000737267)\n\n## References\n\n1. [JFDB – 銀魂2 掟は破るためにこそある (Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken)](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/8291)\n2. [映画.com – 銀魂2 掟は破るためにこそある](https://eiga.com/movie/88151/)\n3. [MANTANWEB – 銀魂2：興行収入35億円、動員560万人突破](https://mantan-web.jp/article/20181002dog00m200021000c.html)\n4. [Crunchyroll News – Japan Box Office: Live-Action Gintama 2 Debuts at No.1 with Excellent 528 Million Yen](https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2018/8/20/japan-box-office-live-action-gintama-2-debuts-at-no1-with-excellent-528-million-yen)\n5. [Box Office Mojo – Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken (2018)](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7639528/)\n6. [STARTO ENTERTAINMENT – Gintama 2: Rules are meant to be broken](https://starto.jp/s/p/discography/1000737267)\n7. [Well Go USA – Gintama Official Movie Site](https://wellgousa.com/films/gintama)\n8. [Black Gate – Fantasia 2019: Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken](https://www.blackgate.com/2019/09/15/fantasia-2019-day-18-part-1-gintama-2-rules-are-made-to-be-broken/)\n9. [Warner Bros. – 映画『銀魂2』ストーリー](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/story/)\n10. [Warner Bros. – 映画『銀魂2』オフィシャルサイト NEWS](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/news/index.html?id=1)\n11. [MOVIE WALKER PRESS – ファンからの投稿が\"真選組動乱篇\"実写化の後押し！『銀魂2』プロデューサーが語る！](https://press.moviewalker.jp/news/article/154181/)\n12. [Warner Bros. Home Entertainment – 銀魂2 掟は破るためにこそある](https://www.warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/pt1suzzht/)\n13. [Apple TV – Gintama 2](https://tv.apple.com/jp/movie/gintama-2/umc.cmc.5s9sgdo6cuaqsvjjri1dnnpx3?l=en)\n14. [Mynavi News – 福田雄一監督が振り返る『銀魂2』撮影](https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20180723-gintama2/)\n15. [Focus 2019 – Top 20 films by admissions in Japan](https://www.culturenet.cz/coKmv4d994Swax/uploads/2014/11/Focus-2019.pdf.pdf)\n16. [South China Morning Post – Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken film review](https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2166038/gintama-2-rules-are-made-be-broken-film-review-surreal-comedy-and)\n17. [Warner Bros. – ドラマ版「銀魂2」の正式タイトル＆EP発表](https://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/gintama-film/news/index.html?id=0512)\n18. 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