History Trivia / ToukenRanbuTheMovie

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The sequel film focusing on Mikazuki Munechika and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro's relationship after complaints about the pair having a distant relationship in the first film can likely be interpreted as this.
* CreatorBacklash: "Backlash" may be a bit strong, but Hiroki Suzuki and Yoshihiko Aramaki, who play Yamanbagiri and Mikazuki in the live-action film and the stageplays, respectively, both expressed disappointment that their characters were no longer close in the film. They had both grown very invested in their characters and their relationship, even though they knew going in that the movie followed a different plot than the plays. As a result, they were both saddened when asked to portray their relationship as distant. Given that the sequel depicts the two as having a closer relationship--so much so that part of the plot involves Mikazuki going back in time to find Yamanbagiri after he disappears--it is likely that the sequel was written in response to their disappointment.

** Hiroki Suzuki, Mikazuki Munechika’s actor, claims that because the swords aren’t samurai or humans, instead sword Tsukumogami given human form, they wanted to portray that by depicting them as iron-hearted when they fight, showing how cutting they can be, and how they keep fighting after they take a hit. You’re also meant to see the coldness in their eyes when they fight.

*** Uguisumaru's fighting style is mostly about evading attacks and striking his opponent with his sword at the last moment. He was the most difficult person to choreograph for.

*** As stated in WaggingTheDirector, the stunt coordinator had a completely different image in mind for Hasebe when he was planning his stunts, believing Hasebe was the embodiment of Jidaigeki, only for his actor Wada to reject the idea when presented with it, correcting him by telling him he's more cavalier, like a knight. After rethinking it, the director decided that instead of making Hasebe solely a knight, they'd incorporate Chinese-style sword-fighting into his moves.

** The Saniwa baton pass from old man to child represents how emperors were allowed to ascend the throne before they could even walk. It also represents the cycle of life and death, as the old Saniwa had to die in order for someone new and young to take his place.

* CreatorBacklash: "Backlash" is probably too strong a word, but Yoshihiko Aramaki and Hiroki Suzuki, who portray Yamanbagiri and Mikazuki in the stageplays as well as the live action film, both expressed disappointment that their characters no longer had a close bond in the movie. Although they both went in knowing that the movie had a different continuity to the plays, they had both become extremely invested and attached to their characters and their relationship, and couldn't help but feel saddened when asked to play their relationship as being distant and cold.

** Theatre/StageToukenRanbu actors Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, Hiroki Suzuki, Ryou Kitamura, and Taino Shiina reprise their roles as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, Heshikiri Hasebe, Mikazuki Munechika, Yagen Toushirou, and Fudou Yukimitsu, respectively.
** In the sequel, stage play actors Yuki Tamaki, Reo Honda, and Mizuki Umetsu reprise their roles as Kogarasumaru, Ichigo Hitofuri, and Yamanbagiri Chougi, respectively. There are also a number of other stage play actors who cameo as their original characters during the ending battle. Most notable among them, Ishikirimaru is played by his ''Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu'' actor Tsubasa Sakiyama.

** A few of the stage play actors (Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, Hiroki Suzuki, Ryou Kitamura, and Taizo Shiina) reprise their roles as Yamanbagiri, Hasebe, Mikazuki Munechika, Yagen, and Yukimitsu respectively in the live action film.
** In the sequel, stage play actors Yuki Tamaki (Kogarasumaru), Reo Honda (Ichigo Hitofuri), and Mizuki Umetsu (Yamanbagiri Chougi) all reprise their roles as the characters in the film.
* UncreditedRole: Tsurumaru makes a cameo alongside many other characters in the movie, all played by their stage actors, but his actor is not listed in the credits and whenever he's in shot his face is either offscreen or out of focus, making it impossible to tell if it was [[TheOriginalDarrin Toshiyuki Someya]] or [[TheOtherDarrin Kento]] playing him.
* WagTheDirector:The director wanted Heshikiri Hasebe to be quite violent and bloodthirsty in battle as a reference to the [[LudicrousGibs meaning]] of his first name. Masanari Wada, who had previously portrayed Hasebe in the stageplays and had [[RoleReprise returned]] for the movie, objected to this, arguing that Hasebe was refined and collected when fighting, and that the planned fight choreography would be extremely out of character for him since a big part of Hasebe's characterisation is his distaste for his first name and for the [[DeathOfAChild violent event]] that led to it. The director ended up agreeing and so the fight choreography was changed.

* RoleReprise: A few of the stage play actors (Yoshihiko Aramaki, Masanari Wada, Hiroki Suzuki, Ryou Kitamura, and Taizo Shiina) reprise their roles as Yamanbagiri, Hasebe, Mikazuki Munechika, Yagen, and Yukimitsu respectively in the live action film.

* WagTheDirector:The director wanted Heshikiri Hasebe to be quite violent and bloodthirsty in battle as a reference to the [[LudicrousGibs meaning]] of his first name. Masanari Wada, who had previously portrayed Hasebe in the stageplays and had [[RoleReprise returned]] for the movie, objected to this, arguing that Hasebe was refined and collected when fighting, and that the planned fight choreography would be extremely out of character for him since a big part of Hasebe's characterisation is his distaste for his first name and for the [[DeathOfAChild violent event]] that led to it. The director ended up agreeing and so the fight choreography was changed.

* RoleReprise: Except for Nihongou's actor, every actor who played Touken Danshi in the stage play reprised their roles in the live action film.