History Film / Gintama

The Japanese LiveActionAdaptation of the popular action-packed GagSeries ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Like the original, the adaptation follows the adventures of the trio known as Yorozuya Gin-chan -- the laidback leader and titular samurai Gintoki (Shun Oguri), the glasses-wearing straight man Shinpachi (Masaki Suda), and the gluttonous alien from the powerful Yato clan Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto). The trio's jobs (when they have any) are to do any tasks they're asked to do. During the process they often clash with their SitcomArchNemesis the Shinsengumi, which includes the gorilla-like leader Kondou (Kankuro Nakamura), demon vice-chief Hijikata (Yuuya Yagira), and the sadist Okita (Ryo Yoshizawa).

** Gintoki (Shun Oguri) teases Kagura by calling out her name during their introduction in the first film, in the same way his character Rui from ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'' calls out the female protagonist's name. Shinpachi and Kagura call him out on it.

* AdaptedOut: Several stories exclude a couple of characters that appeared in the original due to constraints and to avoid [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters overwhelming the audience with too many characters]].

* RoleReprisal: Though the actor is different, the voiceover for Shouyou is done by his anime voice-actor Creator/KoichiYamadera (the actor's face is never shown so it works out).

* RoleReprisal: The anime voice-actor for Hasegawa, Creator/FumihikoTachiki, also acts for him in in the second webseries.

The Japanese LiveActionAdaptation of the popular action-packed GagSeries ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Like the original, the adaptation follows the adventures of the trio known as Yorozuya Gin-chan -- the laidback leader and titular samurai Gintoki (Shun Oguri), the glasses-wearing straight man Shinpachi (Masaki Suda), and the gluttonous alien from the powerful Yato clan Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto). The trio's jobs (when they have any) are to do any tasks they're asked to do. During the process they often clash with their SitcomArchNemesis the Shinsengumi, which includes the gorilla-like leader Kondou (Kankuro Nakamura), demon vice-chief Hijikata (Yuuya Yagira), and the sadist Okita (Ryo Yoshizawa). Despite all the hilarity that ensues, Edo is frequently in serious danger, often at the hands of the BigBad and Gintoki's former childhood friend Takasugi (Tsuyoshi Domoto), and the Yorozuya are more than less willing to help save their city. All this takes place in the Edo period, except the invaders are Amanto aliens instead of Westerners and they brought their technology along with them, giving Edo a weird futuristic setting.

** Gintoki teases Kagura by calling out her name during their introduction in the first film, in the same way his character Rui from ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'' calls out the female protagonist's name. Shinpachi and Kagura call him out on it.
* AdaptationalBadass: Shinpachi and Kagura help out a lot in the final battle of the original Shinsengumi Crisis arc but are otherwise put on the backseat in favour of Gintoki and the Shinsengumi who are more experienced and suited to the gritty battle than they are at this stage. In the adaptation, Kagura also proves to be a big help to Okita in his fight, with the two acting as BackToBackBadasses (except they also hate each other and couldn't care less if they accidentally endanger the other).

** The films include minor comedic stories alongside the major arcs to help pad the films as well as show off ''Gintama'''s iconic gag side but shorten and modify them significantly in order to fit them in and somehow relate them/lead them in to the major plot (for example the first film only adapts about a third of the Beetle Hunt story and uses it to help introduce characters and act as a precursor to the Benizakura incident).

* AdaptationalModesty: In the original Shogun/cabaret club story Gintoki and Shinpachi wear towels since they they're the only girly clothing option they can prepare last-minute. In the adaptation in the second film they wear proper formal dresses that cover them more, presumably because they're easier to move around in. Notable is that since they're guys (who put in minimal effort to like girls) there's not much indecency from them wearing towels to begin with.

** Kyuubei (a close childhood friend of Otae and one of the major supporting characters in the original), Tojo and Catherine do not appear at Otae's cabaret to "welcome" the Shogun, since Kyuubei's formal introduction is unadapted and Catherine is too insignificant to have made any other appearance. Katsura and his shenanigans take their place.
** Although Otose makes her appearance in the second film, neither of her employees Catherine nor Tama are shown for the reason stated above.
** Due to his lack of appearances and relevance in the adapted stories, Sakamoto is nowhere to be seen in the Joui War flashbacks with Gintoki and co even though the four of them were well-known as the dangerous Joui 4 and Sakamoto himself is established to be just as important as the other three in later stories of the manga.
* AdvertisedExtra: Solo posters with Otae, Otose and Sarutobi (the latter two making their debut) were made as part of the advertising campaign for the second film, but they only appear in a few insignifcant scenes in the real thing (lampshaded on Sarutobi's part).

* ButtMonkey: Few characters get away without becoming victimised by others' crazy schemes and slapstick, however the biggest honour goes to the Shogun who is frequently humiliated by the Yorozuya in the second film, being stripped naked in one incident and getting his topknot cut off and replaced with dog poop in another.

** Takasugi has few scenes in the second film as he has a less active role as the antagonist, with most of the action being carried out by Itou and Banzai.

** The first film begins with the original opening, then goes downhill when Gintoki shoehorns in badly-edited fotage of him riding his scooter with his terrible singing playing over it. The Yorozuya interrupt and proceed to argue about the aforementioned footage as well as arguing over how useful the opening scene is (since there's still bound to be newcomers amongst all the original fans watching). At the end of the film the same terribly-sung song reappears, before an annoyed Shinpachi interrupts and the proper ending theme song begins.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Elizabeth is cut down by Nizou in the first film when protecting Shinpachi and disintegrates, seemingly to have died... then reappearing right at the end of the film to [[spoiler:help parachute Katsura and Gintoki to safety]]. PlayedForLaughs, given Elizabeth's ambiguous nature.

* BalloonBelly: A sleep-deprived Kagura takes up Gintoki's offer to eat a midnight snack a little too well and eats all the food he makes (some which was meant to be for breakfast the next morning and for himself). As a result, she overeats and ends up with a giant belly while she struggles to so much as breathe let alone sleep.
* TheCameo: Maetel and Tetsuro from ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' are passengers on the space train that Hijikata takes when travelling around for cigarettes. They converse with Hijikata during each trip even though he just takes out his smoke-deprived anger on them in response.

* NoFourthWall: In the second webseries Tetsuro remarks that Creator/AkiraToriyama and LeijiMatsumoto (the creators of ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' respectively) are going to get mad thanks to characters from their series (or ripped off, in Toriyama's case) being used for gags instead of being taken seriously.

The Japanese LiveActionAdaptation of the popular action-packed gag series ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Like the original, the adaptation follows the adventures of the trio known as Yorozuya Gin-chan -- the laidback leader and titular samurai Gintoki (Shun Oguri), the glasses-wearing straight man Shinpachi (Masaki Suda), and the gluttonous alien from the powerful Yato clan Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto). The trio's jobs (when they have any) are to do any tasks they're asked to do. During the process they often clash with their SitcomArchNemesis the Shinsengumi, which includes the gorilla-like leader Kondou (Kankuro Nakamura), demon vice-chief Hijikata (Yuuya Yagira), and the sadist Okita (Ryo Yoshizawa). Despite all the hilarity that ensues, Edo is frequently in serious danger, often at the hands of the BigBad and Gintoki's former childhood friend Takasugi (Tsuyoshi Domoto), and the Yorozuya are more than less willing to help save their city. All this takes place in the Edo period, except the invaders are Amanto aliens instead of Westerners and they brought their technology along with them, giving Edo a weird futuristic setting.

Two webseries were also released alongside the movies. The first one covers the Mitsuba arc which focuses on Okita's older sister; the second series on the other hand covers selected comedy stories[[note]]"Sleep Helps A Child Grow", "Within Each Box Of Cigarettes, Are One Or Two Cigarettes That Smell Like Horse Dung", "People Of All Ages Hate The Dentist"[[/note]].

The Japanese live-action adaptation of the popular action-packed gag series ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Like the original, the adaptation follows the adventures of the trio known as Yorozuya Gin-chan -- the laidback leader and titular samurai Gintoki (Shun Oguri), the glasses-wearing straight man Shinpachi (Masaki Suda), and the gluttonous alien from the powerful Yato clan Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto). The trio's jobs (when they have any) are to do any tasks they're asked to do. During the process they often clash with their SitcomArchNemesis the Shinsengumi, which includes the gorilla-like leader Kondou (Kankuro Nakamura), demon vice-chief Hijikata (Yuuya Yagira), and the sadist Okita (Ryo Yoshizawa). Despite all the hilarity that ensues, Edo is frequently in serious danger, often at the hands of the BigBad and Gintoki's former childhood friend Takasugi (Tsuyoshi Domoto), and the Yorozuya are more than less willing to help save their city. All this takes place in the Edo period, except the invaders are Amanto aliens instead of Westerners and they brought their technology along with them, giving Edo a weird futuristic setting.

The live-action adaptation of the popular action-packed gag series ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Like the original, the adaptation follows the adventures of the trio known as Yorozuya Gin-chan -- the laidback leader and titular samurai Gintoki (Shun Oguri), the glasses-wearing straight man Shinpachi (Masaki Suda), and the gluttonous alien from the powerful Yato clan Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto). The trio's jobs (when they have any) are to do any tasks they're asked to do. During the process they often clash with their SitcomArchNemesis the Shinsengumi, which includes the gorilla-like leader Kondou (Kankuro Nakamura), demon vice-chief Hijikata (Yuuya Yagira), and the sadist Okita (Ryo Yoshizawa). Despite all the hilarity that ensues, Edo is frequently in serious danger, often at the hands of the BigBad and Gintoki's former childhood friend Takasugi (Tsuyoshi Domoto), and the Yorozuya are more than less willing to help save their city. All this takes place in the Edo period, except the invaders are Amanto aliens instead of Westerners and they brought their technology along with them, giving Edo a weird futuristic setting.

** The films include minor comedic stories alongside the major arcs to help pad the films as well as show off ''Gintama'''s iconic gag side but shorten and modify them significantly in order to fit them in and somehow make them lead in to the major plot (for example the first film only adapts about a third of the Beetle Hunt story and uses it to help introduce characters and act as a precursor to the Benizakura incident).

** The Shinsengumi Crisis arc makes several modifications to accommodate for the added subplot that the antagonists also plan to assassinate the Shogun, for example Bansai pursuing him instead of being in the same battlefield as the Shinsengumi.

* AdvertisedExtra: Solo posters with Otose and Sarutobi were made as part of the advertising campaign for the second film, but they only appear in a few small scenes in the real thing (lampshaded on Sarutobi's part).

** The Shinsengumi originally do not take part in the Benizakura arc, and even the revised anime film version only has them present as bystanders; in the film adaptation, they're much more active and take part in the final battle.

** The typical clip reminding viewers to not record and pirate films appears in the second film, except the people doing the filming are a not-so-subtle Katsura and Elizabeth. Shinpachi angrily waves them off while informing readers they don't have time to reintroduce characters, and sure enough only new characters have proper introductions.

** Similar to the first film, the second film seemingly ends with a joke ending sequence and song of Gintoki before Shinpachi protests and gets the real theme song to play.
* PunnyName: Ana Ketsuno, whose name in Japanese order means asshole, makes a brief appearance in the first film. The TV program host she's reporting to orders that she introduces herself by her full name each time, clearly making fun of this trope.

** Kondo, being very unashamed of his nudity, proudly displays himself wearing nothing but a loincloth while covered in honey (as way to attract beetles) and training naked in the first film.

* ShoutOut: As noted in the [[ShoutOut/{{Gintama}} series subpage]], he films do not shy away from parodying or name-dropping the hell out of existing media and real life people, including blatant parodying of Creator/StudioGhibli.

* UnexplainedRecovery: Elizabeth is cut down by Nizo in the first film when protecting Shinpachi and disintegrates, seemingly dying... then right at the end of the film it reappears to [[spoiler:help parachute Katsura and Gintoki to safety]]. PlayedForLaughs probably, given Elizabeth's ambiguous nature.

* AccidentalMisnaming: In the first webseries, Gintoki pretends to be Okita's best friend in front of Mitsuba but fails to remember his first name (Sougo) correctly. His attempts are as follows: Souchiro-kun, Bingo-kun, Hibagon-kun (bigfoot), and Unko-kun (poop). When Gintoki attempts to address him again later on without Mitsuba present he can only think of Unko-kun.

* DemotedToExtra: Only three characters make recurring significant appearances in either webseries -- Gintoki, Hijikata, and Okita (in his case only the first one). Anyone else from the movies that appear are delegated to one-off episodes or very minor appearances.

The live-action adaptation of the popular action-packed gag series ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Like the original, the adaptation follows the adventures of the trio known as Yorozuya Gin-chan -- the laidback leader and titular samurai Gintoki (Shun Oguri), the glass-wearing dojo-inheritor Shinpachi (Masaki Suda), and the gluttonous alien from the powerful Yato clan Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto). The trio's jobs (when they have any) are to do any tasks they're asked to do. During the process they often clash with their SitcomArchNemesis the Shinsengumi, which includes the gorilla-like leader Kondou (Kankuro Nakamura), demon vice-chief Hijikata (Yuuya Yagira), and the sadist Okita (Ryo Yoshizawa). Despite all the hilarity that ensues, Edo is frequently in serious danger, often at the hands of the BigBad and Gintoki's former childhood friend Takasugi (Tsuyoshi Domoto), and the Yorozuya are more than less willing to help save their city. All this takes place in the Edo period, except the invaders are Amanto aliens instead of Westerners and they brought their technology along with them, giving Edo a weird futuristic setting.

** Gintoki teases Kagura by calling out her name during their introduction in the first film, in the same manner as his character Rui from ''Manga/BoysOverFlowers'' would. Shinpachi and Kagura call him out on it.

** When asked why they're risking their lives on the battlefield, Gintoki states it's to get back his teacher. Although saving him is also a part of their goal in the original, it downplays the importance of Gintoki, Katsura, Takasugi and other samurai fighting for their country's freedom against the Amanto.
** Katsura refers to Kagura as Kagura-chan in this adaptation. This is at odds with both how he calls her Leader in the original ([[ItMakesSenseInContext because of the time she wore red ninja clothes]]) and the fact that he always refers to female characters with the honorific "dono" to show his respect as per samurai conduct.
** In the original series, the Shinsengumi do not have an active role in the Benizakura arc which prompts them to go investigate the incident afterward (specifically how Gintoki got involved). This wouldn't make sense in the same continuity as the adaptation as the Shinsengumi choose to take part in the final battle.

** Kyuubei (a close childhood friend of Otae and one of the major supporting characters in the original), Tojo and Catherine do not appear at Otae's cabaret to "welcome" the Shogun, since Kyuubei's formal introduction is unadapted and Catherine is too insignificant to have made any other appearance.
** Although Otae makes her appearance in the second film, neither of her employees Catherine nor Tama are shown for the reason stated above.
** Due to his lack of appearances and relevance in the adapted stories, Sakamoto is nowhere to be seen in the Joui War flashbacks despite the group being known to consist of four dangerous men and Sakamoto himself established to be just as important as the other three in later stories of the manga.

* DeathByAdaptation: Elizabeth is cut down by Nizo in the first film when protecting Shinpachi, disintegrates and never appears for the rest of the movie, a contrast to the original where it appears throughout the arc to help the protagonists especially Shinpachi an Kagura. Elizabeth of course [[UnexplainedRecovery is somehow recovered]] and returns for the second film without question.

** Takasugi has few scenes as he has a less active role as the antagonist in the second film, with most of the action is carried out by Itou and Banzai.

* GratuitousRap: Katsura, as Zurako, somehow decides the appropriate girly way to entertain the Shogun at the cabaret club is to rap -- cue a cut to him breaking it down with the Joui-propaganda-filled "Katsurap" (which does appear in the original series, just in a different story). Gintoki and Shinpachi promptly take him away and tie him up so he can no longer ruin their plans.

* ShoutOut: The films do not shy away from parodying or name-dropping the hell out of existing media and real life people.
* StylisticSuck: The shoddy editing of Gintoki's fake opening sequence with his badly-sung theme song playing over it is intentional and meant to piss Shinpachi off as well as establish ''Gintama'' as a comedic film.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Gintoki pretends to be Okita's best friend in front of Mitsuba but fails to remember his first name (Sougo). His attempts are as follows: Souchiro-kun, Bingo-kun, Hibagon-kun (bigfoot), and Unko-kun (poop).

* TheCameo: Maetel and Tetsuro from ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' are passengers on the space train that Hijikata takes when travelling around for cigarettes. They converse with Hijikata every time even though he just takes out his smoke-deprived anger on them in response.
* DemotedToExtra: Characters appearing in the film other than Gintoki and the Shinsengumi make few if any appearances in the webseries due to their lack of relevance in the adapted stories.
* NoFourthWall: In the second webseries Tetsuro remarks that Creator/AkiraToriyama and Matsumoto (the creators of ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' respectively) are going to get mad thanks to characters from their series (or ripped off, in Toriyama's case) being used for gags instead of being taken seriously.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Okita acting sweeter than he usually is and being devoid of all his sadistic traits when around his sister emphasises how much he respects her.

The live-action adaptation of the popular action-packed gag series ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. Like the original, the adaptation follows the adventures of the trio known as Yorozuya Gin-chan -- the laidback leader and titular samurai Gintoki (Shun Oguri), the glass-wearing dojo-inheritor Shinpachi (Masaki Suda), and the gluttonous alien from the powerful Yato clan Kagura (Kanna Hashimoto). The trio's jobs (when they do any) are to do any tasks they're asked to do. During the process they often clash with their archrivals the Shinsengumi, which includes the likes of the gorilla-like leader Kondo (Kankuro Nakamura), demon vice-chief Hijikata (Yuuya Yagira), and the sadist Okita (Ryo Yoshizawa). Edo is frequently in serious danger, though, often at the hands of the BigBad and Gintoki's former childhood friend Takasugi (Tsuyoshi Domoto), and the Yorozuya are more than less willing to be the one to stop him. All this takes place in the Edo period, except the invaders are Amanto instead of Westerners and they brought their technology along with them, giving Edo a weird futuristic setting.

** ''Gintama'' (2017) -- adapts the Beninzakura arc.
** ''Gintama 2: Rules Are Meant To Be Broken'' (2018) -- adapts the Shinsengumi Rebellion.