InuYasha Movie 3: Tenka Hadou no Ken

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Synonyms: Inu Yasha: Tenka Hadou no Ken, InuYasha: The Sword of the World Conquest, The Sword That Rules Over the Empires

Japanese: 映画犬夜叉天下覇道の剣

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Information

Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 20, 2003

Producers: Kyoto Animation, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Yomiuri Telecasting, Nippon Television Network

Licensors: VIZ Media

Studios: Sunrise

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance

Themes: Historical, Mythology, Time Travel

Demographic: Shounen

Duration: 1 hr. 38 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.80¹ (scored by 54,065 users)

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Ranked: #1009²

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Popularity: #2050

Members: 101,910

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Synopsis

Following Inu no Taishou's death, his swords Tenseiga and Tessaiga were passed on to his sons, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha respectively. However, there exists one more blade. During a visit to his friend Kagome Higurashi in modern times, Inuyasha encounters Sounga—his father's third sword. Found by one of Kagome's ancestors inside the old well that connects the past to the future, Sounga has been kept for years as a treasured artifact at the Higurashi shrine. Nevertheless, it soon reveals itself to harbor an evil spirit with a terrible urge to kill.

While struggling to subdue its calamitous nature, Inuyasha manages to bring Sounga back to the feudal era where he must confront his brother Sesshoumaru, who has always desired to possess it. But when they lose track of the sword during their fight, the siblings engage in a fervent competition to find it, still unaware of its secret and the legacy that Inu no Taishou has left for them.

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Background

InuYasha Movie 3: Tenka Hadou no Ken premiered between the release of the TV series' episodes 136 and 137. It is the first InuYasha media installment to present details of Inuyasha's birth and his father's death as well as to feature the latter's human form.

In Japan, the DVD became available on August 27, 2004 and included a bonus audio CD with radio drama extracts. The English version was released by Viz Media on September 6, 2005, followed by a special edition on April 18, 2006. The latter included a lenticular card and the original soundtrack.

Shogakukan issued two comic volumes of the film on July 16, 2004 and August 6, 2004, respectively.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Inuyasha

Main

Yamaguchi, Kappei
Japanese

Sesshoumaru

Main

Narita, Ken
Japanese

Higurashi, Kagome

Main

Yukino, Satsuki
Japanese

Takemaru

Main

Matsumoto, Yasunori
Japanese

Sango

Supporting

Kuwashima, Houko
Japanese

Miroku

Supporting

Tsujitani, Kouji
Japanese

Shippou

Supporting

Watanabe, Kumiko
Japanese

Rin

Supporting

Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Kirara

Supporting

Jaken

Supporting

Cho
Japanese

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Staff

Ueda, Masuo

Producer, Planning

Shinohara, Toshiya

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Tsuruoka, Youta

Sound Director

Takagi, Shigeki

Episode Director

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Ending Theme

"Four Seasons" by Namie Amuro

Reviews

Jun 2, 2009

Chen-tan

Recommended

This movie, is indeed my favorite of all the Inuyasha films.

First of all, the artwork looks really pretty, and the plot of the story is very enjoyable. This movie basically gives you a little flashback into Inuyasha's past, and who his parents were. Like any Inuyasha movie, there's plenty of action to see.

In my opinion, the movie could have went a little bit deeper into the past, but overall it's great!

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Jul 2, 2011

HollowNightWolf

Recommended

alright swords of an honorable ruler, it's your turn to be reviewed. well damn, i have to say that in the story department, this movie had me hooked within minutes. it shows the back history between inuyasha, sesshomaru, their father(the mysterious but always talked about great dog demon inutaisho), and the human woman that brought inuyasha into the world izayoi. it gives an in action show and tells the complete story of the twin fang swords, tessaiga and tenseiga, and of the final only inutaisho himself could control sounga. this movie kept me on the edge of my seat and wide eyed with what was ...

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Jun 23, 2015

taehoeung

Recommended

Out of the four Inuyasha film installments, this is probably the best in terms of plot. We get to see a little more about Inuyasha and Sesshomaru's father, the dog demon. In addition, we get a better understanding about the heirloom swords that passed down to to both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru: tessaiga, tenseiga, and a third that was not passed down to either: sounga. The film focuses mainly around Inuyasha, Sesshomaru and the third sword along with the story behind it. I won't be going into details about the plot since it'll give away spoilers. Also, best part about the film, we get to see ...