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Where To Watch Black Butler

Black Butler (2014) is a Japanese live-action fantasy action film directed by Kentarō Ōtani and Keiichi Satō, adapted from the popular manga Kuroshitsuji by Yana Toboso. Set in a reimagined world where East meets West, it follows Earl Kiyohara Genpō, a young noble who presents as male to inherit her family’s fortune and becomes a Queen’s Watchdog an elite agent who investigates brutal crimes. Bound to her side is Sebastian Michaelis, a demon butler she summoned by selling her soul to exact revenge after her parents’ deaths. Full of supernatural tension, stylish action, and dark mystery, the film blends period aesthetics with modern fantasy flair.

  • Release Date: January 18, 2014
  • Director: Kentarō Ōtani and Keiichi Satō
  • Genre: Fantasy, Action, Thriller
  • Duration: 1 hour 59 minutes
  • Language: English
  • Starring: Hiro Mizushima, Ayame Goriki, Yūka, Mizuki Yamamoto, Takuro Ohno
  • Box Office: $5.77 Million Worldwide
  • Where To Watch: Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix

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In Black Butler (2014), the aristocratic Kiyohara Genpō disguises herself as a male heir to take over her family’s legacy in a society where leadership passes only to men. As a trusted Watchdog serving the Queen, she investigates a wave of gruesome murders where victims are found mummified and drained of life. To avenge her parents’ massacre and uncover the truth, she enters a dark underworld filled with elite clubs, dangerous conspiracies, and bio-terror threats. Her most formidable ally is Sebastian Michaelis, a demon butler bound to her by contract his supernatural skills indispensable in battles but demanding her soul in return. Their journey mixes mystery, revenge, and loyalty against a backdrop where nothing is as it seems.

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Unlike the original manga’s 19th-century London setting with Ciel Phantomhive, the 2014 Black Butler film recasts the protagonist as a female aristocrat disguised as a male and shifts the world to a quasi-modern Eastern metropolis.