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Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Sequels' Subtitled Trailer Previews ONE OK ROCK's Song

posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
"Mighty Long Fall" written for films opening August 1 & September 13

The official channel for this summer's performed the first live-action Rurouni Kenshin film's theme song.

The trailer is also available in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and French.

ONE OK ROCK created the dramatic song for these sequels. Vocalist Taka was very thrilled for the opportunity to contribute again after the first one. The trailer teases the climactic scene, which set on a warship. It took five months to build the 120-meter (400-foot) ship on the set.

Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen (Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends) on September 13.

Publicity producer Tokunaga Kimura explained the tagline ("Farewell, Kenshin.") in the trailer and ont the poster above: "It signifies the end of the Kyoto arc, where Kenshin in his desperate state may not be able to honor his oath not to kill, thanks to the appearance of the most insane enemy — and the parting of loved ones."

The sequels will feature the return of the following cast :

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

The cast of the Juppongatana (Ten Swords), a group of elite swordsmen led by Tatsuya Fujiwara), include:

along with character costume designer Kazuhiro Sawataishi.

The first live-action Rurouni Kenshin premiere in Los Angeles in December 2012.

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

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.

Source: animeanime.jp

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