Netflix is bringing Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames to more regions across Asia starting December 1. The Netflix Anime account announced the expansion earlier today and confirmed the film remains exclusive to Netflix in those regions. Check out the official post down below:
The post does not list the countries. The poster attached to it shows Gintoki Sakata swinging his wooden sword at the center, with Kagura, Shinpachi, Tsukuyo and Seita around him, Housen and Hinowa looming over them at the top, and the Shinsengumi charging in from the bottom left as Yoshiwara burns behind them.
How The Film Reached Netflix
Netflix first announced the film on July 26 with the logline, "To reunite a boy with his mother, Gintoki and his friends must face the darkness lurking within the red-light district of Yoshiwara." It launched on Netflix on August 27, and the service's title page lists it as a TV-14 anime film with Japanese, English, German, French and Latin American Spanish audio. The Netflix synopsis reads: "In a hidden red-light district, Gintoki and his friends battle a powerful foe to help a young boy reunite with his missing mother and free the oppressed."
Japan is getting the film through a different service. The official Japanese site announced on October 30 that Prime Video will stream it exclusively as part of its subscription starting at midnight JST on Monday, November 30, which is 8 AM MST on Sunday, November 29. Prime Video already offers it as a rental in Japan.
A New Version Of The Yoshiwara In Flames Arc
Yoshiwara in Flames retells the Yoshiwara in Flames arc, which originally aired as episodes 139 to 146 of the first Gintama TV series from Sunrise. The film opened in Japanese theaters on February 13, 2026. The release date was announced on October 10, 2025, Gintoki's birthday, along with a scene still of him smiling through a wall of fire with blood running down his face.
The official story begins in Yoshiwara Togenkyo, a giant underground red-light city outside the reach of the law, where it is always night. Gintoki, who runs the odd-jobs business Yorozuya in Edo's Kabuki district, meets Seita, an orphan who survives by picking pockets. Seita is searching for the mother he was separated from and believes she may be Hinowa, Yoshiwara's top courtesan. The courtesans live under the control of Housen, the King of the Night, a member of the Yato warrior clan who holds all of Yoshiwara's money and power. Seita only wants to see his mother once, and Gintoki and his friends set out to make that happen.
Cast And Staff
The returning voice cast is led by Tomokazu Sugita as Gintoki Sakata, Daisuke Sakaguchi as Shinpachi Shimura and Rie Kugimiya as Kagura. Yuko Kaida plays Tsukuyo, Yuko Sanpei plays Seita, Kikuko Inoue plays Hinowa, Banjo Ginga plays Housen, Satoshi Hino plays Kamui and Yoshitada Otsuka plays Abuto. Akira Ishida, Susumu Chiba, Kazuya Nakai, Kenichi Suzumura and Tetsuharu Ota also return as Katsura, Kondo, Hijikata, Okita and Yamazaki.
BN Pictures animated the film. Naoya Ando directed, with longtime Gintama director Yoichi Fujita supervising, Taku Kishimoto writing the script and Shinji Takeuchi handling character design and chief animation direction. Creator Hideaki Sorachi is credited as original author and "super advisor gorilla." SUPER BEAVER performs the theme song, "Sanzen." Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, Bandai Namco Pictures, Bandai Namco Filmworks and Aniplex distributed it in Japan.
Gintama's Anime History
Sorachi's manga ran in Weekly Shonen Jump, and its anime began in 2006. Sunrise produced the first 201-episode series on TV Tokyo from 2006 to 2010, followed by Gintama' from 2011 to 2013. BN Pictures took over for Gintama° in 2015 and the final series, Gintama., from 2017 to 2018. The earlier films are Gintama: The Movie in 2010, Be Forever Yorozuya in 2013 and Gintama: The Very Final in 2021, which closed out the TV story. The last of those is covered in Final GINTAMA Film Sets January 2021 Release Date In Japan.
The official Gintama Channel released the main trailer for the film:
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