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Kingdom 2: Far and Away (キングダム2 遥かなる大地へ)

Kingdom 2: Far and Away (キングダム2 遥かなる大地へ, Kingdom 2: Harukanaru Daichi e) is a 2022 Japanese live-action historical action film directed by Shinsuke Sato, the sequel to Kingdom (2019) and an adaptation of Yasuhisa Hara's manga of the same name serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump. It was released in Japan on July 15, 2022, runs 134 minutes, and became the highest-grossing Japanese live-action film released in 2022.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Japanese release	July 15, 2022; 134 minutes; action, adventure, feature¹
Director and writers	Directed by Sato Shinsuke; screenplay by Tsutomu Kuroiwa and Yasuhisa Hara, from Hara's original story¹
Main cast	Kento Yamazaki as Shin, Ryo Yoshizawa as Eisei (and Piao), Kanna Hashimoto as Karyoten, Nana Seino as Kyokai³
Box office	5.16 billion yen, the top-grossing Japanese live-action film of 2022⁴^•²
Awards	Multiple Excellence Awards at the 46th Japan Academy Prize, including Outstanding Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Lighting, Art Direction, and Sound Recording²
Music	Score by Yutaka Yamada; theme song "Ikiro" by Mr.Children⁵
Home video	Blu-ray and DVD released December 21, 2022³

Spoilers

Story

The story is set in China during the Warring States period, in the western state of Qin. Shin, a war orphan who dreams of becoming a great general, has already helped the young king Eisei suppress a coup by the king's brother and reclaim the throne, aided by Karyoten and the mountain king Yotanwa.³

Six months later, the neighboring state of Wei crosses the border with a large army. Under Eisei's order, Qin raises an army for a decisive battle at Dakan Plain (蛇甘平原). Shin marches as a foot soldier with no battle record and is assigned to the weakest five-man squad, together with the brothers Bihei and Bitou from his home village, the unreliable squad leader Takukei, and Kyokai, a fighter with a childlike appearance and sorrowful eyes.³

Wei's commander-in-chief is General Gokei, a military genius rumored to rank with Qin's former Six Great Generals, while Qin's commander is General Hyoko, an impulsive warrior devoted to battle and drink. By the time Shin's unit reaches the field, Wei holds the advantageous hills and some Qin units have lost more than half their infantry. Bakukoshin, commander of the unit Shin is assigned to, orders a charge that could be called reckless.³

Production and background

The film adapts Hara Yasuhisa's bestselling manga Kingdom, which by the time of the sequel's completion report had surpassed 87 million copies in circulation.⁶ The first film, released in 2019, earned 5.73 billion yen and topped the Japanese live-action box office for that year; the sequel reunited the main cast with director Sato Shinsuke three years later.⁷^•¹

Production companies credited on the film include the "Kingdom" Film Partners, with Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan), Nippon Television Network, Shueisha, and Toho among the rights holders; Toho and Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) distributed the film in Japan.⁸^•¹

Cast

The principal cast, as listed by the Japanese distributor:³

Kento Yamazaki as Shin (信)
Ryo Yoshizawa as Eisei (嬴政) and Piao (漂)
Kanna Hashimoto as Karyoten (河了貂)
Nana Seino as Kyokai (羌瘣)
Etsushi Toyokawa as General Hyoko (麃公)
Takao Osawa as Ouki (王騎)

The official site also lists Masaki Suda-era supporting players and others including Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Amu Okayama, Takahiro Miura, Takayuki Hamatsu, Toshihiro Makari, Chihiro Yamamoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Masahiro Takashima, Jun Kaname, Masaya Kato, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Yusuke Hirayama, Hiroshi Tamaki, Sadao Abe, and Hiroshi Sato in the ensemble, with Osawa Takao billed last among the principals.⁵

Reception and awards

The film earned 5.16 billion yen at the Japanese box office, making it the number-one Japanese live-action release of 2022, though below the 5.73 billion yen of the 2019 first film.⁴^•⁷ At the 46th Japan Academy Prize it received Excellence Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, Cinematography, Lighting, Art Direction, and Sound Recording; Hiroyuki Kase of the lighting company fmt served as gaffer and received the Outstanding Lighting award.²

The British Board of Film Classification rated the home-entertainment version 133 minutes and classified it for strong bloody violence, citing prolonged battle scenes with close-up blood spurts, moderate injury detail, and moderate bad language.⁹

Home media and streaming

Blu-ray and DVD editions went on sale in Japan on December 21, 2022.³ Sony Pictures released the film digitally in English-speaking markets under the title Kingdom 2: Far and Away, listing it on Apple TV, Prime Video, Fandango, Verizon Fios, and YouTube.⁸ In Japan the film has been available on subscription services including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, U-NEXT, and DMM TV.¹⁰

Series context

Kingdom 2: Far and Away is the second of the live-action Kingdom films. It was followed by Kingdom: The Flame of Destiny (2023) and Kingdom: Return of the Great General (2024); by April 2025 the four-film series had surpassed 17 million admissions and 24.5 billion yen in box-office revenue, and the manga itself had passed 110 million copies in circulation.¹¹ A fifth film was announced for release in summer 2026.¹¹

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026