Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village-

"Destroyer of demons."

2023 1h 55m JA

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★7.3TMDB · 415

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Synopsis

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A recap of Kimetsu no Yaiba episodes 43–45, with new footage and special end credits. Together with his comrades, Zenitsu and Inosuke, along with one of the top-ranking members of the Demon Slayer Corps, Tengen Uzui, Tanjiro embarks on a mission within the Entertainment District, where they encounter the formidable, high-ranking demons, Daki and Gyutaro.

“Destroyer of demons.”

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Cast

Natsuki Hanae
Tanjiro Kamado (voice)
Akari Kito
Nezuko Kamado (voice)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Inosuke Hashibira (voice)
Hiro Shimono
Zenitsu Agatsuma (voice)
Katsuyuki Konishi
Tengen Uzui (voice)
Miyuki Sawashiro
Daki (voice)
Ryota Osaka
Gyutaro (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Mitsuri Kanroji (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Haruo Sotozaki
Writers: Koyoharu Gotouge
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Compilation) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, shot by Yuichi Terao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuki Kajiura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Manabu Kamino shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Natsuki Hanae and Akari Kito and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Destroyer of demons.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Haruo Sotozaki directs. Yuichi Terao behind the camera. Yuki Kajiura scores. Manabu Kamino cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2Part of the "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Compilation) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, shot by Yuichi Terao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yuki Kajiura. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Manabu Kamino shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Natsuki Hanae and Akari Kito and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Destroyer of demons.".
9IMDB entry: tt26537229 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 10 themes, including "compilation", "based on manga", "demon", "edited from tv series".
11Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yuichi Terao
Original score: Yuki Kajiura
Editing: Manabu Kamino
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Status: Released
Box office: $56,319,794
Original language: JA
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- (2023)

Part of

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Compilation) Collection

A compilation film series of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-03-26
★ 5/10
Generally speaking I am fan of these action animé, but here I rather struggled. It reminded me of one of those Buster Crabbe "Flash Gordon" serialisations from the 1930s. Only difference being that here, they didn't even bother to edit out the credits and titles of each of the three episodes contained within this unremarkable compendium. Using a series of real-time and flashback action "Tanjiro" must defeat a powerful and resourceful upper rank demon who has claimed his sister into his murky ranks. His success does not impress the leader "Muzan" who soon convenes his warriors to devise a strategy to thwart the upstart once and for all. Can he and his friends survive and free her? It's action packed and entertaining enough, but the conclusion of the film is merely the end of part one of a season yet to come - the entire thing is clearly an ongoing work in progress that someone has decided could be compartmentalised for cinema release almost as a full-length trail for the next series using the last two episodes of the last one as a teaser. Will there be another film release of episodes 2-4, I wonder? If so, can you at least tighten it up and spare us twenty minutes of credits for who did what when. Watchable, yes - but sloppily and casually cobbled together.
Murp2024-05-29
★ 5/10
Utterly pointless. The other review posted for this pretty much say everything I was going to say. Don’t waste your time.