Kai: The Legend of the Heroes

***Note that Some flashing lights sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers.***

***Kai: The Legend of the Heroes*** is an American 3D martial arts computer-animated action fantasy film, produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Released on October 14, 2022. The film is directed by Domee Shi, and produced by Andrea Warren and Bob Roath. The film stars the voices of Dave Franco, Dwayne Johnson, Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Luke Evans, Michael Peña, and Brad Pitt.

James Newton Howard composed the film's musical score.

## Synopsis

The fantasy action-adventure introduces a young Japanese boy called Kai who is the Son of the Itsuki family, who uses his magic from his father's shamisen. His big quest is to find The Heroes of Japan, and save Ainokura before the evil warlord Lord Shadow and The Shadow Demons bring chaos around Japan.

## Plot

When Kai was a young child, his father was killed fighting off a Shadow Demon who attacked their home. Kai grew up and 7 years later, he was a teenager who loved his family and playing his father's shamisen. When he played, he had the power of natural growth and storytelling. He was telling the Villagers all the thrilling stories of The Heroes of Japan.

Then Kai leaves Ainokura that night and goes on a quest to find The Samurai Hosato and the Heroes of Japan, and defeat the Lord Shadow and his Shadow Demons.

## Cast

* Dave Franco as Kai
* Dwayne Johnson as Hosato
* Gary Oldman as Lord Shadow
* Anthony Hopkins as Master Yu
* Cate Blanchett as Misaki
* Luke Evans as Tashi
* Michael Peña as Yoshi
* Brad Pitt as Raiden
* Daniel Dae Kim as Hideyoshi
* Peter Sohn as Samurai Soldier 1
* Bill Hader as Riku/Samurai Soldier 2
* Kimiko Glenn as Izumi
* Asher Bishop as Natsuo/Young Kai
* Jin Zhang as Takumi
* Tian Jing as Kyoko

## Ratings in other countries

* USA: PG (For action/Peril, violence and thematic elements)
* UK: PG (Mild violence, threat)
* UK: 9+ (self-applied)
* Ireland: PG
* Canada: PG
* Australia: PG
* Germany: 7
* Japan: G

## Music

On February 16, 2018, James Newton Howard will be composing *Kai*.

## Theatrical Release

*Kai* was theatrically released on October 14, 2022 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, moving up from the film's previously announced date of September 9, 2022.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures had originally planned to release *Kai* theatrically in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2019. It was pushed back to April 10, 2020, then pushed back to February 19, 2021, then pushed back to September 17, 2021, and it was later pushed back to March 18, 2022, and finally it was also later pushed back to March 3, 2023.

## Songs

* Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes
* Sia - Alive (featured song)

## Trivia

* This is James Newton Howard's 1st Pixar Animation film to compose *Kai: The Legend of the Heroes (2022)*.
* The Second Tachyon Movies film released on Disney + along with *Chicken Little 2* (2021).
* Dave Franco and Michael Pena both Appeared in *The Lego Ninjago Movie* (2017).
* Cate Blanchett and Anthony Hopkins both Appeared in *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017).
* Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt both Appeared in *Mr. Peabody and Sherman 2* (2020).
* Pixar's fourth film of the 2020s to be rated PG by the BBFC after *Soul* (2020),*Turning Red* (2022) and *Lightyear* (2022).
* This is the 10th Pixar Animation Studios film to have a PG rating in the UK since *Toy Story* (1995) *Cars* (2006), *Brave* (2012), *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), *Coco* (2017), *Incredibles* *2* (2018), *Soul* (2020), *Turning Red* (2022) and *Lightyear* (2022).
* This is the fifth Pixar film to have a music score composed by a non-recurring composer after *Brave* (which had its music score composed by Patrick Doyle), *Soul* (which had its music score composed by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste), and *Luca* (which had its music score composed by Dan Romer), and *Turning Red* (which had its music score composed by Ludwig Göransson'
* This is the second Pixar Animation Studios film to be written by Domee Shi after *Turning Red* (2022).
* This is the second Pixar Animation Studios film to be directed by Domee Shi, after *Turning Red* (2022).
* James Newton Howard would later score another movie set in Japan called, “*Moon In The Sun* (2023)”
* This is the very last Pixar and Vyond feature film to have the existing Disney logo from 2011. However in the Remastered version, this is the first Vyond feature film to feature a new Disney 100 Years of Wonder logo from 2023.

## Health Hazards

The film received a health warning due to scenes with flashing lights, especially a lot of fight scenes of Lord Shadow's electro axe and the thunder storms during the climax.

"*Kai: The Legend of the Heroes* contains a sequence of flashing lights, which may affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or other photosensitivities".

## Gallery

Main logoFirst old teaserFirst new teaserSecond new teaserDisney+CoverDolby Cinema PosterSoundtrack CoverA character poster of KaiA character poster of HosatoA character poster of Lord ShadowYouTube CoverUK DVD CoverUK Artwork Refresh DVD Cover
## Videos

Kai - Official New Trailer - Disney UKPixar's Kai- The Legend of the Heroes - Official Trailer - Disney UK
## Full Movie Video Link

Original: https://youtu.be/OYe0kA1kv\_Y

Remastered: https://youtu.be/S6P8at6fDx0