Black Butler (film)
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| Produced by | Shinzo Matsuhashi |
| Written by | Tsutomu Kuroiwa |
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Black Butler by Yana Toboso |
| Starring | Mizushima Hiro |
| Music by | Akihisa Matsuura |
| Cinematography | Terukuni Ajisaka |
| Edited by | Tsuyoshi Imai |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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119 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
Black Butler (Japanese: 黒執事 Hepburn: Kuroshitsuji?) is a 2014 Japanese period-style action fantasy film directed by Kentarō Ōtani and Keiichi Satō. The film is based on the manga of the same name by Yana Toboso.
The film is set in a parallel, quasi-Edwardian history. The world contains two major powers: the West, ruled by the Queen, and the East. The Queen manipulates events worldwide using operatives called the Queen's Watchdogs. The film's protagonist, Earl Kiyohara Genpu (replacing Ciel Phantomhive from the anime), is a Queen's Watchdog in an unnamed Eastern metropolis.
A large automobile careers through a docks area. The man driving is rapidly dessicating, his face wrinkling, its skin crumbling. As he dies, the car crashes to a halt.
A warehouse echoes with screams as dark-clad men herd young women around. The chief thug questions one young woman for carrying photos of desiccated bodies. A young man in a formal black butler's uniform suddenly appears in the warehouse, identifying himself as a servant of the Genpu family. The thugs attack. Most are disabled or killed quickly. Only the chief thug remains conscious for questioning.
The next day, the young woman earlier questioned in the warehouse appears dressed as a young gentleman, in the role of Earl Kiyohara Genpu, the only son and heir of the Funtom Toy Company fortune. The earl's servants are present, including Sebastian Michaelis (the Black Butler from the previous night's battle) and the clumsy maid Rin.
The Earl speaks with the Queen's personal secretary Charles B. Satou about the death of the Queen's ambassador Anthony Campelle, found overnight on the docks, mummified in his car. The unusual cause of death, and the presence of a card depicting a devil, mark it as the eighth similar mysterious death of a powerful citizen in a case called the Devil's Curse. All victims have some connection with the human smuggler from the warehouse. No motivation for the deaths is apparent, however, nor is a root cause of the desiccating symptoms. The Queen demands a quick close to the case.
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