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New Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Sequels' Photos Feature Kenshin vs. Sōjirō
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2 films covering Kyoto arc to open in August & September
The 48th issue of Kakken Marketing's Cinema★Cinema magazine published new still images from this year's two live-action Shishio Makoto and Sōjirō Seta.
Principal photography on the two films ended on December 27 after six months of filming.
Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend) will open on September 13. Both films had originally been slated to open next summer.
The films star:
- Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura
- Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya
- Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara
- Yū Aoi as Megumi Takani
- Yōsuke Eguchi as Hajime Saitō
Additional include:
- Tao Tsuchiya as Misao Makimachi
- Yūsuke Iseya as Aoshi Shinomori
- Min Tanaka as Nenji Kashiwazaki/Okina
- Kazufumi Miyazawa as Toshimichi Ōkubo
- Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Hirobumi Itō
- Kaito Ōyagi as Yahiko Myōjin
- Maryjun Takahashi as Yumi Komagata
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Makoto Shishio
- Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Sōjirō Seta
- Ryōsuke Miura as Chō Sawagejō
- Kenichi Takitō as Hōji Sadojima
- Tomomi Maruyama as Anji Yūkyūzan
- Matsu Murata as Usui Uonuma
- Hiroko Yashiki as Kamatari Honjō
- Yūya Hara as Henya Kariwa
- Takao Yamada as Iwanbō
- Kentarō Shimazu as Saizuchi
- Kōta Yamaguchi as Fuji
The first live-action Rurouni Kenshin premiere in Los Angeles in December 2012.
[Via Orends Range]