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Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Sequels' 1st Teaser Posted

posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Shishio previewed from sequels opening in theaters next summer

The official channel for the live-action Shishio.

The trailer notes that the popular original manga has 57 million copies in circulation. After playing in 64 countries and 31 international film festivals, the live-action film's cast and staff return — with two more films. The tagline for the films reads, "Can you see the future? Could you prepare yourself?"

The films star:

Additional include:


as Misao Makimachi


Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Sōjirō Seta

Yūsuke Iseya as Aoshi Shinomori

68-year-old Tekkonkinkreet, The Twilight Samurai, 47 Ronin remake) as Nenji Kashiwazaki/Okina

47-year-old Kazufumi Miyazawa (The Boom music band) as Toshimichi Ōkubo

39-year-old Yukiyoshi Ozawa (Umi no Hotaru) as Hirobumi Itō

12-year-old Ninja Kids!!! Summer Mission Impossible) as Yahiko Myōjin

25-year-old model Maryjun Takahashi as Yumi Komagata

26-year-old Kamen Rider OOO) as Chō Sawagejō

film.

The two new films, which will cover the Kyoto arc from Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend). The films are slated to open next summer.

The first live-action Rurouni Kenshin played in San Francisco on August 1.

Watsuki's manga ran from 1994 to 1999 in year.

An anime series aired in Japan from 1996 to 1998 and spawned several anime film and video projects. released the two more recent video anime series on Blu-ray Disc and DVD, which also covered the Kyoto arc.


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