{"id":185020,"date":"2025-12-10T15:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/185020\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:22:07","slug":"3rd-mononoke-films-1st-trailer-announces-more-cast-may-29-debut-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/185020\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Mononoke Film’s 1st Trailer Announces More Cast, May 29 Debut – News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twin Engine<\/a> started streaming the first trailer for Gekij\u014dban Mononoke Dai-San-Sh\u014d: Hebigami<\/a> (Mononoke<\/a> the Movie: Chapter 3: Snake God), the third<\/a>\u00a0installment of the Mononoke frachise’s\u00a0film trilogy<\/a>, on Wednesday. The video reveals the film’s May 29, 2026 premiere and a new cast member.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Twin Engine also revealed the film’s teaser visual:<\/p>\n

\"mononoke3rd\"Image courtesy of Twin Engine<\/p>\n

\u00a9Twin Engine<\/p>\n

Miyuki Sawashiro<\/a> joins the cast of the third film as the Third Empress, the wife of the Third Emperor:<\/p>\n

\"mononoke3rd1\"Image courtesy of Twin Engine<\/p>\n

\u00a9Twin Engine<\/p>\n

Other cast listed to voice characters that have not appeared in the two previous films include:<\/p>\n

Fumi Hirano<\/a> as Tokiwai, Sachiko’s wet nurse and aide\n<\/p>\n

\"mononokeadd.png\"Image via Mononoke film project’s website<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9 Twin Engine<\/p>\n

Mariko Honda<\/a> as Kawa, Tokiwai’s subordinate and Sachiko’s maid\n<\/p>\n

\"mononokeadd2.png\"Image via Mononoke film project’s website<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Twin Engine<\/p>\n

Twin Engine describes the third film’s story:<\/p>\n

After two major incidents involving Mononoke\u2014a deadly battle between a medicine seller (Hiroshi Kamiya<\/a>) wielding a demon-slaying sword and a Karakasa umbrella, and the subsequent showdown with the Fire Rat\u2014it seemed as though peace had finally arrived in the inner palace. However, the medicine seller still sensed a lingering presence of “something” and remained vigilant. Meanwhile, Empress Sachiko (Tanezaki Atsumi), the wife of the ruling emperor (Irino Miyu), is blessed with a long-awaited baby boy, but her joy is short-lived as she passes away despite the hopes and prayers of those around her. <\/p>\n

Hoping to change her formal marital relationship with the emperor by giving birth to an heir, Sachiko finds herself at rock bottom and becomes embroiled in a terrifying plot that threatens to overturn the very existence of the Ooku. Her regret at not being rewarded for her irreparable sacrifice and her anger with nowhere to go soon begin to turn into resentment. Mizorogi Hokuto (Tsuda Kenjiro), a priest of the Ooku’s faith, “Omizu-sama,” watches events unfold with a solemn expression. At the same time, unnatural earth tremors (earthquakes) occur frequently within the Ooku. A mysterious incident begins with the creepy movement of a gigantic, crawling creature and the falling of triangular scales. This is followed by a mysterious incident in which a maid is twisted, crushed, and strangled to death. A medicine seller rushes to the scene, only to be confronted by a giant snake-shaped Mononoke called the Snake God. After a standoff, the seller manages to repel the monster with a talisman, but he must discover its three characteristics\u2014form, truth, and reason\u2014before he can remove the demon-slaying sword and slay the Snake God. Where does the Snake God come from? Why has it become so angered that it threatens to consume the Ooku? And why has it now reared its head and begun to move? The roots of these questions lie hidden 150 years ago, in the true story of the birth of the Ooku.<\/p>\n

What is the shocking truth that will shake the nation, never before revealed? The medicine seller risks everything to confront the Mononoke, which is the very essence of the Ooku’s dark history. However, he finds himself cornered in an unprecedented situation, confronted by a snake god who harnesses years of resentment and unimaginable strength… As his life is threatened, even more unpredictable and extraordinary events unfold! What will become of the medicine seller as he faces his greatest crisis?<\/p>\n

Kenji Nakamura<\/a> returns from the second film as the general director, and Tomoaki Koshida<\/a> is directing the third film at Studio Kafka<\/a> and EOTA<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hiroshi Kamiya\u00a0reprises his role as the Medicine Seller.<\/p>\n

Other returning cast from previous films include:<\/p>\n

\"mononoke\"Image via Mononoke film project’s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a9Twin Engine<\/p>\n

Mononoke\u00a0the Movie Trilogy: Chapter 2: The Ashes of Rage\u00a0(Gekij\u014dban Mononoke Dai-Ni-Sh\u014d: Hinezumi<\/a>), the second film, opened in Japan on March 14.\u00a0Aina The End<\/a>\u00a0performs the film’s theme song “Hana Mus\u014d.”<\/p>\n

Mononoke The Movie: Phantom in the Rain<\/a>\u00a0(Gekij\u014dban Mononoke: Karakasa), the\u00a0Mononoke\u00a0project’s first film, premiered in Japan in July 2024.\u00a0Netflix<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0streaming<\/a>\u00a0the film. The film was previously slated to open in 2023, but was\u00a0delayed<\/a>. Alongside the announcement of the delay in February 2023, the film’s staff also announced that\u00a0Takahiro Sakurai<\/a>\u00a0would no longer reprise the role of the Medicine Seller as originally planned. Kamiya instead voices the protagonist the Medicine Seller in the film.<\/p>\n

The first film\u00a0won<\/a>\u00a0the Axis:\u00a0Satoshi Kon<\/a>\u00a0Award for Excellence in Animation for best animated feature film at last year’s annual\u00a0Fantasia International Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0in Montreal.<\/p>\n

Kenji Nakamura\u00a0returned to direct the first\u00a0Mononoke\u00a0film, with production at\u00a0Twin Engine.\u00a0Kitsuneko Nagata\u00a0was the character designer, and\u00a0Y\u016bichi Takahashi\u00a0adapted those designs for animation and served as chief animation director.\u00a0Taku Iwasaki<\/a>\u00a0composed the music.\u00a0EOTA\u00a0animated the film.<\/p>\n

Aina The End\u00a0also performed the first film’s theme song “Love Sick.”<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Mononoke\u00a0anime premiered in 2007 and aired for 12 episodes. The series is a spinoff of the\u00a0Ayakashi – Samurai Horror Tales<\/a>\u00a0anime. Specifically, it follows the medicine seller from the “Bakeneko” (Goblin Cat) arc. The\u00a0Mononoke\u00a0anime has five arcs, the last of which is titled “Bakeneko.”<\/p>\n

Kenji Nakamura\u00a0directed the television anime at\u00a0Toei Animation<\/a>, and\u00a0Takashi Hashimoto<\/a>\u00a0designed the characters and served as chief animation director.\u00a0Yasuharu Takanashi<\/a>\u00a0composed the music.<\/p>\n

The anime previously\u00a0streamed<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Crunchyroll<\/a>, but is currently available on other streaming services such as The\u00a0Roku<\/a>\u00a0Channel\u00a0and<\/a>\u00a0Netflix.\u00a0New Video Group<\/a>\u00a0released<\/a>\u00a0the series on DVD in North America in 2014.<\/p>\n

Source: Press release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twin Engine started streaming the first trailer for Gekij\u014dban Mononoke Dai-San-Sh\u014d: Hebigami (Mononoke the Movie: Chapter 3: Snake…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[93,61,60,270],"class_list":["post-185020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}