Bakuken Stage in order

A collection of stage productions from the Bakuken series, written by Yoko Taro and directed by Ichidai Matsuda. Blending alternate history, supernatural conflict, reincarnated warriors, and elaborate sword-fighting, the series reimagines legendary figures and decisive events from Japanese history across settings such as the shogunate, modern Tokyo, the Genpei War, the Taishō era, the Shinsengumi, and the Honnō-ji Incident. 7 films, in release order.

Bakuken: Shogun Imperial Match
2021
In a reimagined postwar Japan, powerful swordsmen gather around the Yatsumedo restaurant and become entangled in a martial tournament organized under the shogunate.
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Bakuken: Tokyo Resurrection Deathmatch
2022
In modern Tokyo, swordsmen reincarnated across a century become involved in a violent struggle after a man once known as Oda Nobunaga is attacked.
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Bakuken: Tokyo Resurrection Deathmatch - Rematch
2023
In the darkness of modern Tokyo, a man once called Oda Nobunaga is killed, forcing swordsmen reincarnated after a hundred years to confront what awaits them in the present.
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Bakuken: The Genpei Final Battle
2023
As the Genji face destruction by the Heike, Abe no Seimei and Kiichi Hogen enter the conflict while a Portuguese merchant named Michael offers a mysterious deal to both sides.
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Bakuken: Imperial Fantasy Corps
2024
In the Taisho era, Imperial Army Major Yoshifuru Akiyama summons swordsmen from the Sengoku period and forms them into an assassination unit, setting Nobunaga’s new ambitions in motion.
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Bakuken: Blades of Doubt of the Shinsengumi
2025
A Bakuken stage production centered on the Shinsengumi, continuing the alternate-history sword-fighting anthology created by Yoko Taro and Ichidai Matsuda.
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Bakuken: Honnoji Temple Annihilation Chronicles
2026 · Not out yet
A new chapter in the Bakuken stage series, reimagining the Honnō-ji Incident within the franchise’s alternate-history world of legendary swordsmen. Further story details have yet to be announced.
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Frequently asked questions

What order should I watch Bakuken Stage in?

1. Bakuken: Shogun Imperial Match (2021), 2. Bakuken: Tokyo Resurrection Deathmatch (2022), 3. Bakuken: Tokyo Resurrection Deathmatch - Rematch (2023), 4. Bakuken: The Genpei Final Battle (2023), 5. Bakuken: Imperial Fantasy Corps (2024), 6. Bakuken: Blades of Doubt of the Shinsengumi (2025), 7. Bakuken: Honnoji Temple Annihilation Chronicles (2026).

Do any Bakuken Stage films have post-credit scenes?

None are listed on TMDB.