The
first of this year's two sequels to the live-action adaptation of the
Hitokiri Battousai manga and anime, Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto
Inferno was released in Japan yesterday, but western audiences will
have to wait a bit before it moves out. In the meantime here are two
new tv spots.
The
second sequel, Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends is set to open in
Japan on September 13th.
Next
summer's live-action Rurouni Kenshin sequels, "Rurôni
Kenshin: The Great Kyôto Fire arc" and "Rurôni Kenshin:
The End of a Legend arc" will look to adapt the "Kyoto Arc"
of the original manga from Nobuhiro Watsuki. Keishi Ōtomo returns to
direct both feature films for Studio Swan. Takeru Satoh plays Kenshin
Himura, Emi Takei returns as Kaoru Kamiya, Yusuke Iseya plays Aoshi
Shinomori, Munetaka Aoki plays Sanosuke Sagara, Yuu Aoi co-stars as
Megumi Takani, Ryunosuke Kamiki plays Sōjirō Seta, Yosuke Eguchi
plays Hajime Saitō, Tatsuya Fujiwara plays Makoto Shishio, the
venerable min Tanaka plays Nenji Kashiwazaki/Okina, Kazufumi Miyazawa
plays Toshimichi Ōkubo, Yukiyoshi Ozawa plays Hirobumi Itō, Kaito
Ōyagi plays Yahiko Myōjin, Maryjun Takahashi plays Yumi Komagata
and Ryosuke Miura plays Chō Sawagejō. Watsuki's original manga
began in 1994 and recently concluded its non-concurrent run this past
June in Jump Square. Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen (Rurouni
Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire) will be released in Japan theaters
this autumn, on August 1st. The third film, Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu
no Saigo-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend) will be released
just a month later, on September 13th.
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