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{{Nihongo|'''''Tokyo Ghoul S'''''|{{ruby-ja|東京喰種|トーキョーグール}}【S】|Tōkyō Gūru Esu|stylized in English as '''''Tokyo Ghoul {{'}}S{{'}}'''''<ref name=Shochiku>{{cite web|url=http://shochikufilms.com/product/tokyo-ghoul-2-2|title=Tokyo Ghoul 'S'|publisher=[[Shochiku]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 29, 2019}}</ref>|lead=yes}} is a 2019 Japanese [[dark fantasy]] [[Action film|action]] [[Horror film|horror]] film, and the sequel of the 2017 film ''[[Tokyo Ghoul (film)|Tokyo Ghoul]]'', based on [[Sui Ishida]]'s manga series ''[[Tokyo Ghoul]]''. It was released theatrically in Japan by [[Shochiku]] on July 19, 2019.<ref name="ANN-reldate"/> The film has grossed over ¥220 million in Japan, and received mixed reviews from critics.

Kaneki meets Kimi Nishino, a human and girlfriend of Nishiki Nishio, whomwho was previously injured by attackers prior. Nishino is later kidnapped by Tsukiyama, who later demands to eat Kaneki while Kaneki is eating Nishino. Nishio and Touka Kirishima, however, retaliate against Tsukiyama, and free Nishino. Kirishima also intended to kill Nishino due to her being a human knowing the identities of ghouls, however, after Nishino compliments Kirishima's kagune, Kirishima spares her.

* [[Masataka Kubota]] as [[List of Tokyo Ghoul characters#Ken Kaneki|Ken Kaneki]]<ref name="ANN-July5">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-21/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-opens-in-summer-2019/.139811|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Opens in Summer 2019|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=November 21, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* [[Nobuyuki Suzuki (actor)|Nobuyuki Suzuki]] as Kōtarō Amon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-23/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-brings-back-nobuyuki-suzuki-as-amon/.142435|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Brings Back Nobuyuki Suzuki as Amon|date=January 23, 2019|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* Kai Ogasawara as Hideyoshi "Hide" Nagachika<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-05/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-brings-back-kai-ogasawara-as-hide/.140424|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Brings Back Kai Ogasawara as Hide|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=December 5, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* [[Shunya Shiraishi]] as Nishiki Nishio<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-28/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-brings-back-shunya-shiraishi-as-nishiki-nishio/.140087|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Brings Back Shunya Shiraishi as Nishiki Nishio|date=November 28, 2018|last=Ressler|first=Karen|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* Mai Kiryū as Kimi Nishino<ref name="ANN-Feb23">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-23/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-casts-nana-mori-mai-kiryu/.143816|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Casts Nana Mori, Mai Kiryū|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=February 23, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* [[Hiyori Sakurada]] as Hinami Fueguchi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-08/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-brings-back-hiyori-sakurada-as-hinami-fueguchi/.141791|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Brings Back Hiyori Sakurada as Hinami Fueguchi|last=Mateo|first=Alex|date=January 8, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* [[Kunio Murai]] as Yoshimura<ref name="ANN-Feb15">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-15/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-brings-back-kunio-murai-shuntaro-yanagi/.143440|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Brings Back Kunio Murai, Shuntarō Yanagi|date=February 15, 2019|last=Ressler|first=Karen|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* Minosuke Bandō as Uta<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-06/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-brings-back-minosuke-bando-as-uta/.143057|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Brings Back Minosuke Bandō as Uta|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=February 6, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* [[Kang Ji-young|Jiyoung]] as Itori<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-03-16/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-casts-jiyoung-as-itori/.144627|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Casts Jiyoung as Itori|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=March 16, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

* [[Maggy (model)|Maggy]] as Margaret<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-04/maggy-joins-cast-of-tokyo-ghoul-s-live-action-film/.146415|title=Maggy Joins Cast of Tokyo Ghoul S Live-Action Film|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=May 4, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

On September 20, 2018, [[Shochiku]] teased news about the live-action ''Tokyo Ghoul'' film onto its YouTube channel,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tokyoghoul.jp/news/?p=483|script-title=ja:東京喰種　 トーキョーグール|title=Tokyo Ghoul|date=September 20, 2018|website=Tokyo Ghoul|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref> before formally announcing on September 21, 2018, that a second film was green-lit for a 2019 release under the title "Tokyo Ghoul 2".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/300752|script-title=ja:映画「東京喰種」続編決定！窪田正孝は続投、山本舞香がトーカ、松田翔太が月山に|title=Eiga "Tōkyō Gūru" Zokuhen Kettei! Kubota Masataka wa Zokutō, Yamamoto Maika ga Tōka, Matsuda Shōta ga Tsukiyama ni|date=September 22, 2019|publisher=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019|language=Japanese}}</ref> It was also revealed that [[Maika Yamamoto]] would replace [[Fumika Shimizu]] as Touka Kirishima after the latter's retirement from acting in 2017.<ref name="ANN-July5"/> On December 19, 2018, the official website for the film revealed a shot from the film, and the July 19 release date for the film.<ref name="ANN-reldate">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-19/2nd-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-film-reveals-still-july-19-opening/.141026|title=2nd Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul Film Reveals Still, July 19 Opening|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=December 19, 2018|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

On April 11, 2019, the title of the film was announced as ''Tokyo Ghoul S'', and a trailer and theatrical poster for the film was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/327467|script-title=ja:映画「東京喰種」松田翔太扮する月山も登場の予告編＆ビジュアル|title=Eiga "Tōkyō Gūru" Matsuda Shōta Funsuru Tsukiyama mo Tōjō o Yokokuhen & Bijuaru|date=April 11, 2019|publisher=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019|language=Japanese}}</ref> On May 28, 2019, the first 150 seconds of the film was released on Shochiku's YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-27/live-action-tokyo-ghoul-s-film-sequel-1st-150-seconds-streamed/.147192|title=Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul S Film Sequel's 1st 150 Seconds Streamed|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=May 28, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

The theme song was revealed at the premiere of the film in Tokyo at June 1, 2019.<ref name="premiere"/> [[Queen Bee (band)|Queen Bee]] performs the theme song "Introduction".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/335141|script-title=ja:「東京喰種」第2弾の主題歌は女王蜂、アヴちゃん「シンクロ率が異様に高い」|title="Tōkyō Gūru" Dai 2-dan no Shudaika wa Joōbachi, Avu-chan "Shinkuro-ritsu ga Iyō ni Takai"|date=June 11, 2019|publisher=[[Natalie (website)|Natalie]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

''Tokyo Ghoul S'' premiered in Tokyo on June 11, 2019,<ref name="premiere">{{cite web|url=http://tokyoghoul.jp/news/?p=598|script-title=ja:6月11日(火) TOKYOプレミア レポート＆主題歌解禁！|title=6-gatsu 11-nichi (Ka) TOKYO Puremia Repōto & Shudaikakai-ban!|date=June 12, 2019|website=Tokyo Ghoul|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref> and in Osaka on June 24, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tokyoghoul.jp/news/?p=614|script-title=ja:6月24日(月)OSAKAプレミア試写会舞台挨拶レポート|title=6-gatsu 24-nichi (Getsu) OSAKA Puremia Shisha-kai Butai Aisatsu Repōto|date=June 25, 2019|website=Tokyo Ghoul}}</ref> The film screened theatrically across Japan from July 19, 2019.<ref name="ANN-reldate"/>

[[Funimation]] licensed the film for the United States and Canada, and premiered the film in the US at [[Anime Expo]] 2019 in Los Angeles on July 6, 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.anime-expo.org/2019/07/01/funimation-presents-u-s-premiere-tokyo-ghoul-s-ax-2019/|title=Funimation Presents U.S. Premiere of Tokyo Ghoul ‘S’'S' at AX 2019!|date=July 1, 2019|publisher=[[Anime Expo]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref> and in Canada at [[Fantasia Festival]] in Montreal on July 30, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fantasiafestival.com/en/film/tokyo-ghoul-s|title=Tokyo Ghoul ‘S‘'S'|publisher=[[Fantasia Festival]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref> Funimation willlater provideprovided a wider screening fromof the film on September 16, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-04/funimation-opens-live-action-tokyo-ghoul-s-film-in-theaters-in-september/.148652|title=Funimation Opens Live-Action Tokyo Ghoul S Film in Theaters in September|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=July 5, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=FUNimation|author=Funimation|author-link=Funimation|number=1156693520889131008|date=July 31, 2019|title="Très bien." 🔪🍽️ Get ready for the next thrilling live-action adaptation that stays true to the original manga! #TokyoGhoulS, coming to select theaters September 16, 18 & 20.|accessdateaccess-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref> In Australia and New Zealand, [[Madman Entertainment]] licensed the film and released the film theatrically from July 25, 2019.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=Madman|author=Madman Entertainment|author-link=Madman Entertainment|number=1146271094220845056|date=July 2, 2019|title=It's either eat or be eaten in the ghoul-icious sequel to the live-action adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul! Feast your eyes on 'Tokyo Ghoul S', in selected cinemas across Australia from July 25 😈💉 Tickets will be available next week! http://www.tokyoghoul.com.au|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2019}}</ref>

In its opening weekend, ''Tokyo Ghoul S'' ranked 7th at the Japanese box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-23/weathering-with-you-debuts-at-no.1-tokyo-ghoul-s-at-no.7-at-japan-box-office/.149243|title=Weathering With You Debuts at #1, Tokyo Ghoul S at #7 at Japan's Box Office|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=July 23, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref> The film later dropped from the top 10 during the second week, earning a cumulative total of {{JPY|220,563,600}} ({{USD|2.02 million}}) as of July 30, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-30/weathering-with-you-stays-at-no.1-the-great-war-of-archimedes-debuts-at-no.3/.149512|title=Weathering With You Stays at #1, The Great War of Archimedes Debuts at #No. 3|last=Antonio Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=July 30, 2019|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|accessdateaccess-date=August 1, 2019}}</ref>

The [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 60%{{RT data|score}} of critics have given the film a positive review based on 5{{RT data|count|spell=y}} reviews, with an [[average rating]] of 5.12/10{{RT data|average}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tokyo_ghoul_s |title=Tokyo Ghoul 'S' (2019) |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango (company)Media|Fandango]] |accessdateaccess-date=November{{RT 8,data|access 2019date}}}}</ref>