The Furious Sets Japan Release For January 29 With Tanigaki Directing
The Japan release date arrives after a US run that drew a 98 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and three awards at the Jackie Chan International Action Film Week, giving the film a measurable reception record before its domestic opening.
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Kenji Tanigaki directs The Furious, with Kensuke Sonomura as action director, and the film opens in Japan on January 29, 2027 under the title The Furious: Battle Royale. A teaser trailer and visual are out. Xie Miao, Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian, JeeJa Yanin, Brian Le and Joey Iwanaga star, with no stunt doubles in the fight scenes.
The Japanese title is The Furious: Battle Royale, and the teaser is narrated by Yoshitada Otsuka, the Japanese dub voice of Donnie Yen. Tanigaki is known as action director on the Rurouni Kenshin series and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In, while Sonomura directed the Baby Assassins series. The story follows Wang Wei, a Chinese man in a Southeast Asian city whose daughter is kidnapped by a child trafficking organization. He joins a journalist searching for his missing wife, and they face the organization's leader, a bow-wielding assassin and a giant fighter.
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