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Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (Japanese: るろうに剣心 京都大火編, Hepburn: Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen), also known as Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno in North America, is a 2014 Japanese jidaigeki action film based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga series, and serves as the second installment of the Rurouni Kenshin film series', following the first film Rurouni Kenshin (2012).
The manga series Rurouni Kenshin features a large cast of fictional ... (1996 series; Sony Samurai X dub), Jason Marnocha (2023 series) [15 ... In the live action ...
In the Meiji era in Japan, Himura Kenshin is a pacifistic rōnin, wandering the country and helping people with his swordsmanship skills.Once a deadly and feared political assassin known as Hitokiri Battōsai, he has since led a path of peace, wielding a reverse-bladed sword, known as sakabatō, in a vow to never again take another life.
In December 2011, Shueisha announced Watsuki would be putting his series, Embalming -The Another Tale of Frankenstein-, on hold to begin a "reboot" of Rurouni Kenshin, called Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration, as a tie-in to the live-action film. The series began in the June 2012 issue of Jump Square, which was released on May 2, 2012, [44] and ...
Rurouni Kenshin was the first Japanese live action series invited to be screened in Movie Franchise Section in Shanghai International Film Festival, which was newly established in 2016, while only Hollywood blockbuster franchises have been invited before. [16] [17] This was also the international premiere of The Final and The Beginning.
On June 28, 2011, a live-action film adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin was announced. [8] Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, with actual film production done by Studio Swan, the film was directed by Keishi Ōtomo and stars Takeru Satoh as Kenshin, Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara and Emi Takei as Kaoru. [9]
The samurai action series is set in Japan's Meiji period and features Junichi Okada as the lead actor. The popularity of non-English shows has led Netflix to double down on them. FX's "Shōgun ...
Rurouni Kenshin was the first Japanese live action series invited to be screened in Movie Franchise Section in Shanghai International Film Festival, which was newly established in 2016, while only Hollywood blockbuster franchises have been invited before. [10] [11] This was also the international premiere of The Final and The Beginning.