Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends

Movie: Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin Densetsu no Saigo hen
Japanese: るろうに剣心 伝説の最期編
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Genre: Action / Based on a Comic / Period-19th Century / Samurai
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Cast
Takeru Sato - Kenshin Himura
Tatsuya Fujiwara - Makoto Shishio
Emi Takei - Kaoru Kamiya
Yu Aoi - Megumi Takani
Munetaka Aoki - Sanosuke Sagara
Yosuke Eguchi - Hajime Saito
Yusuke Iseya - Aoshi Shinomori
Ryunosuke Kamiki - Soujiro Seta
Min Tanaka - Nenji Kashiwazaki
Kazufumi Miyazawa - Toshimichi Ookubo
Yukiyoshi Ozawa - Ito Hirobumi
Kaito Oyagi - Yahiko Myojin
Maryjun Takahashi - Yumi Komagata
Ryosuke Miura - Cho Sawagejo
Tao Tsuchiya - Misao Makimachi (Nenji Kashiwazaki's granddaughter)
Kenichi Takito - Hoji Sadojima
Tomomi Maruyama - Anji Yukyuzan
Mitsu Murata - Usui Uonuma
Hiroko Yashiki - Kamatari Honjo
Kentaro Shimazu - Saizuchi
Kota Yamaguchi - Fuji
Masaharu Fukuyama - Seijuro Hiko

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Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno

Movie: Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno
Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Taika Hen
Japanese: るろうに剣心　京都大火編
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Runtime: 139 min.
Genre: Action / Based on a Comic / Period-19th Century / Samurai
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Kenshin Himura (Takeru Sato) goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio (Tatsuya Fujiwara) who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again.

Cast
Takeru Sato
Emi Takei
Munetaka Aoki
Kaito Oyagi
Yu Aoi
Yosuke Eguchi
Yusuke Iseya
Min Tanaka
Tao Tsuchiya
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Maryjun Takahashi
Tatsuya Fujiwara

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Miyamoto Musashi 2014

(1 DVD)

Format: Tanpatsu
Broadcast Network: TV Asahi
Broadcast Period: Part 1: 2014-Mar-15
Part 2: 2014-Mar-16
Airtime: Part 1: Saturday 21:00
Part 2: Sunday 21:00

Cast

Kimura Takuya as Miyamoto Musashi
Sawamura Ikki as Sasaki Kojio
Maki Yoko as Otsu
Yusuke Santamaria as Honiden Matahachi
Kagawa Teruyuki as Takuan
Matsuda Shota as Yoshioka Seijuro
Baisho Mitsuko as Osugi
Nakatani Miki as Yoshino Dayu
Takeda Tetsuya as Yagyuu Sekishusai Muneyoshi
Yachigusa Kaoru as Myoshuni
Nishida Toshiyuki as Jujibi-kun

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Rurouni Kenshin

(1 DVD)

 

Movie: Rurouni Kenshin
Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin
Japanese: るろうに剣心
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Writer: Watsuki Nobuhiro (manga), Kiyomi Fujii, Keishi Ohtomo
Producer: Takero Hisamatsu, Tatsuro Hatanaka, Masahiko Ibaraki, Hiroaki Kitano, Osamu Kubota, Hiroyoshi Koiwai
Cinematographer: Takuro Ishizaka
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Runtime: 134 min.
Genre: Action / Based on a Comic / Period-19th Century / Samurai
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Sato) has now become a wandering samurai. Offerring aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their relationship develops further, but Kenshin is still haunted by his violent past ...
Notes

Based on popular manga series "Rurouni Kenshin" written & illustrated by Watsuki Nobuhiro - published in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 – November 4, 1999.
Filming begins August, 2011 and is expected to be released in the summer of 2012.

Cast

Takeru Sato   
Emi Takei   
Koji Kikkawa   
Yu Aoi   
Munetaka Aoki
Gou Ayano   
Genki Sudo   
Taketo Tanaka   
Eiji Okuda   
Yosuke Eguchi
Teruyuki Kagawa

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