Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Films Get Two “Final Chapters” in 2020

Even though the legend ended in the 2014 film Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends, Takeru Sato is jumping back into the Kenshin costume to deliver two final films to wrap up the Rurouni Kenshin live-action story. The films were dated on December 19 with a key visual showing Takeru Sato back as Kenshin with his trusty blade.

Rurouni Kenshin Final Chapter: The Final will be the first of the films, debuting on July 3, 2020, and the final film, Rurouni Kenshin Final Chapter: The Beginning, will premiere a month later on August 7, 2020, in Japan. Both films will be directed again by Keishi Otomo.

These will be the fourth and fifth films in the Rurouni Kenshin live-action franchise, after Rurouni Kenshin: Origins in 2012, and Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends in 2014. The original Rurouni Kenshin anime series is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Source: Comic Natalie

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.