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Thursday, January 2, 2014

2014 Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin: First Look At The Juppongatana

The official website for the upcoming  two new live-action Rurouni Kenshin movie sequels set for 2014 was updated recently featuring the entire crew of Juppongatana. The Juppongatana (Ten Swords) are an elite group of swordsmen and a special attack force under the orders of Shishio Makoto against the Meiji government.


The  Juppongatana cast comprises of:
  • Ryunosuke Kamiki as Sōjirō Seta
  • Ryōsuke Miura as Chō Sawagejō
  • Kenichi Takitō as Hōji Sadojima
  • Tomomi Maruyama as Anji Yūkyūzan
  • Mitsu Murata as Usui Uonuma
  • Hiroko Yashiki as Kamatari Honjō
  • Yuuya Hara as Henya Kariwa
  • Takao Yamada as Iwanbō
  • Kentarō Shimazu as Saizuchi
  • Kōta Yamaguchi as Fuji 

According to the movie's official site actors joining in the 2014 live-action Rurouni Kenshin movie includes  Maryjun Takahashi to play as Komagata Yumi, Min Tanaka as Kashiwazaki Nenji, Miyazawa Kazufumi as Ōkubo Toshimichi, Yukiyoshi Ozawa playing as Ito Hirobumia, , and Yusuke Iseya (Ashita no Joe, Honey & Clover) as Aoshi Shinomori and Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura.  

The latest Rurouni movies will be based on Kyoto arc of Nobuhiro Watsuki's original manga, specifically, the Great Kyoto Fire and Legend's End storylines. The two-part movies will be entitled Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Arc and Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend Arc or "Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen” and “Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen" and will premier this August 1 and September 13, 2014.

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