WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! Press Notes and Photo Gallery From Shochiku

Official Site: https://movies.shochiku.co.jp/daimyo-tosan/ (Japan)

Shochiku has provided information and images for their new historical comedy drama WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! (大名倒産, Daimyō Tōsan). The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki (THE GREAT YOKAI WAR, THE KIRISHIMA THING, YOUR NAME), Hana Sugisaki (BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL, HER LOVE BOILS BATHWATER) and Kenichi Matsuyama (DEATH NOTE, GANTZ series).

WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! opens in Japanese cinemas on June 23rd.

Introduction

Best-selling author Jiro Asadac’s seminal historical fiction novel is finally coming to theaters!

A man suddenly becomes the head of a domain, only to discover a debt of 10 billion yen?!

Money has been intertwined with people’s lives throughout the ages, and this is no exception in this amusing and exciting story about how a man caught up in trouble and his friends fight to turn their life around!

Synopsis

Koshiro Magaki (Ryunosuke Kamiki) is the son of a salmon dealer for the Nibuyama Domain of Echigo. His saintly nature doesn't make him the best businessman, but he lives a peaceful life surrounded by people who care for him dearly. But one day, a group of officials rush to his home, and his father Sakubei reveals shocking news to him: He is actually Koshiro Matsudaira, descendant of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and heir to the Nibuyama Domain!

Koshiro also learns that his real father, Ikkosai (Koichi Sato), has left the estate to him and retired. This Cinderella story of a commoner becoming a lord overnight seems like great fortune, but it turns out that the Nibuyama Domain is actually in debt for 10 billion yen! As Koshiro remains at a loss for what to do, Ikkosai says that Koshiro simply has to declare the domain's bankruptcy on the debt's due date and everyone will be saved.

However, Ikkosai's actual plan is to have his son shoulder all the responsibility and make him commit hara-kiri! Koshiro is faced with the decision of a lifetime: pay back 10 billion yen or kill himself! What will this young prince do in the face of his life's biggest crisis?!

Details

WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD! opens in Japanese cinemas on June 23rd.

Release Date: Friday, June 23, 2023 (Japan)
Release Information: Nationwide Roadshow

CAST
Koshiro Magaki: Ryunosuke Kamiki
Sayo: Hana Sugisaki
Shinjiro Matsudaira: Kenichi Matsuyama
Sakubee Magaki: Fumiyo Kohinata
Saheiji Hashizume: Shinya Kote
Kisaburo Matsudaira: Dori Sakurada
Natsu: Aoi Miyazaki
Heihachiro Isogai: Tadanobu Asano
Ikkosai: Koichi Sato

STAFF
Director: Tetsu Maeda
Original Story: Daimyo Bankruptcy by Jiro Asada (published by Bunshun Bunko)
Screenplay: Kentaro Ushio, Kazuhiro Inaba<
Producers: Yoshitaka Ishizuka, Asami Nishi
Cinematographer: Yoko Itakura
Production: WE'RE BROKE, MY LORD!" Film Partners
Distribution: Shochiku

About Shochiku Co., Ltd.

Shochiku traces its origins to 1895 when Takejiro Otani presented his first stage play. They also produced the first color motion picture in Japan, and have expanded into TV dramas, video contents, Kabuki presentation, theater operations, and real estate. The company has become a symbol of enduring tradition as the exclusive promoter of the Kabuki theater in Japan as well as widely known as the creator of the world’s longest-running feature film series, TORA-SAN. The company is making all possible efforts to develop business in various fields, including multimedia and co-productions, across generation, national, and cultural borders.