Taku Sakaguchi, who plays Zaji in the movie 『Kingdom』, goes to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art with his nephew (video related to Professor Hara) 【Kanazawa Topics】

Taku Sakaguchi has become the talk of the town for his sharp sword fighting performance as the awesome swordsman Saji in the first live-action movie (released in 2019) of the manga 『Kingdom』 (author: Yasuhisa Hara). The Ishikawa native took his nephew to visit the exhibition 『Kingdom Exhibition – Shin』 at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Taku Sakaguchi as Saji (Image from Instagram, the official account of 『「Kingdom: The Fate of Fate」 movie』)

Relationship with Kento Yamazaki and Ryo Yoshizawa

Saji with his sword (Image from Instagram, the official account of 『「Kingdom: The Fate of Fate」 movie』)

Taku Sakaguchi is known as an action actor and action director. In the movie 『Kingdom』, he played the role of Saji, the last boss standing in front of the main character, and on December 31, 2019, he posted a video on his Twitter account titled 「Last Year-End Party of the Year」, toasting with Kento Yamazaki and Ryo Yoshizawa.

Kento Yamazaki was later influenced enough to appear in the movie 『Kurui Musashi』 (August 2020), starring Taku Sakaguchi.

Action practice introduced on TBS 『Sakurai, Ariyoshi The Night Party』 (image from the official 『Kingdom』 movie blog)

Ryo Yoshizawa also previously starred in the drama 『GIVER: The Giver of Revenge』 (TV Tokyo, July 2018), for which Taku Sakaguchi served as action director under the name 「Toshiro Takuma」.

Taku Sakaguchi analyzes the swordsmanship of the generals in 『Kingdom』 and teaches it to the actors. Published in February 2020 on YouTube’s 「Kyou Musashi Taku Channel」, 『A challenge from the original author of Kingdom! Taku Sakaguchi challenges the techniques of the manga!』 he recreates swordsmanship based on the manga. He explained it to Yasuhisa Hara, the author of the original manga, and had him groaning, 「I think I can make use of it in the manga」.

Commemorative photo at the Kingdom exhibition

In the summer of 2021, 15 years after the manga’s serialization began, 『Kingdom Exhibition – Shin』, which began at the Tokyo and Fukuoka venues, is being held at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa from April 28 (Fri.) to May 26 (Fri.), 2023.

The 『Yasuhisa Hara』 Twitter account even promoted the popular Champion Curry collaboration 「Tenka no Daishogun Curry」 at the sales corner.

Taku Sakaguchi, who plays the role of Saji, visited the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.

Promoting the local proprietress’s curry

After taking a commemorative photo with his nephew at the 『Kingdom Exhibition – Shin』, on the 6th, Mamino Tatami, known as the proprietress of the Kanazawa restaurant 「Seasonal Dining – Twelve Moons」, took to Instagram to take a two-shot 「Taku Sakaguchi, who plays Saji in the movie Kingdom, visited our restaurant」 She also advertised the proprietress’s curry and showed a local alehouse. She is also promoting the proprietress’s curry to promote her hometown.

Taku Sakaguchi and Mamino Tatami with the proprietress’s curry (image from 『Mamino Tatami』 Instagram)

Seasonal Dining – Twelve Moons Information