47-Ronin-Japanese-PosterTurning the true story of the 47 Ronin into a fantastical action blockbuster, Carl Rinsch’s upcoming 47 Ronin has long been earmarked as a must-see movie on the radar.

Due out this Christmas, Universal launched the first trailer back in the summer, and soon followed it with another great Japanese trailer. And with the countdown well and truly on, the studio has launched a new UK trailer, teasing more from the epic actioner.

After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind, 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honor to their people. Driven from their homes and dispersed across the land, this band of Ronin must seek the help of Kai (Reeves)—a half-breed they once rejected—as they fight their way across a savage world of mythic beasts, shape-shifting witchcraft and wondrous terrors. As this exiled, enslaved outcast becomes their most deadly weapon, he will transform into the hero who inspires this band of outnumbered rebels to seize eternity.

Keanu Reeves takes centre stage as the ‘half-breed’ Kai, starring alongside Hiroyuki Sanada, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rinko Kikuchi, Tadanobu Asano, K? Shibasaki, and Jin Akanishi. Essentially, this is one of the best casts you’ll see all year.

Rinsch (The Gift) is making his feature directorial debut, with Chris Morgan (Fast Five) and Hossein Amini (Drive) penning the script.

47 Ronin will be released in 3D on Christmas Day in the US, and will arrive a day later in the UK on Boxing Day.

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