Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno


るろうに剣心 京都大火編
Rurouni Kenshin Kyōto Taikahen
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno
Also known as Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Director Keishi Otomo
Original Story Nobuhiro Watsuki
Screenplay Kiyomi Fujii
Keishi Otomo
Music Naoki Sato
Photography Takuro Ishizaka
Lighting Shori Hirano
Art Hajime Hashimoto
Sound Hiroaki Masuko
Editor Tsuyoshi Imai
Production Companies Warner Brothers Films, Amuse, Shueisha, KDDI, GyaO!
Release Date August 1, 2014
Runtime 139 minutes
Preceded by Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
Followed by Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)

るろうに剣心 京都大火編
Rurouni Kenshin Kyōto Taikahen
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno
Director Keishi Otomo
Original Story Nobuhiro Watsuki
Screenplay Kiyomi Fujii
Keishi Otomo
Music Naoki Sato
Photography Takuro Ishizaka
Lighting Shori Hirano
Art Hajime Hashimoto
Sound Hiroaki Masuko
Editor Tsuyoshi Imai
Also known as Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno
Production Companies Warner Brothers Films, Amuse, Shueisha, KDDI, GyaO!
Release Date August 1, 2014
Runtime 139 minutes
Preceded by Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
Followed by Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)

Kenshin, a former assassin, is now living peacefully with his surrogate family in a dojo in Tokyo, abiding by his vow not to kill. He is approached by one of his former handlers, Okubo, with a request. Kenshin was legendary in the Boshin War as an assassin, but there was another assassin who was even more ruthless named Shishio. After the conclusion of the war, the newly installed government sought to tie up any loose ends that could stain its legitimacy. While Kenshin had laid down his sword and disappeared, Shishio was deemed too great a threat and was left to die on the battlefield, his body burned. By some miracle Shishio survived and has spent the intervening time plotting his revenge on the new government. Kenshin suspects that Okubo wants him to take up killing again, and requests time to consider his proposal. Just before their next meeting, Okubo is killed by one of Shishio’s agents. Kenshin decides to head to Kyoto and confront Shishio to put an end to his violence.

Kenshin encounters a village along the way that Shishio has taken over and confronts him there. Shishio leaves one of his henchmen, Sojiro, to duel with Kenshin. Sojiro breaks Kenshin’s reverse-bladed sword, and Kenshin is sent away. Kenshin reaches Kyoto and learns that the original swordsmith who crafed his reverse blade, Arai, has passed away. Arai’s son, Seiku, has forsaken swordmaking and refuses to help Kenshin. Cho, one of Shishio’s men, arrives and kidnaps Seiku’s infant son, pressuring him to reveal the location of Arai’s last sword. Kenshin attempts to duel Cho with his broken blade while Seiku retrieves the sword from its hiding place. Kenshin takes the sword and prepares to kill Cho to protect Seiku’s son. Kenshin strikes and discovers that Arai’s last sword is also a reverse blade. Cho is apprehended by the police. Seiku allows Kenshin to keep the sword.

The police learn from Cho that Shishio plans to attack Kyoto and burn it to the ground. The police array themselves to defend the city. Kenshin’s friends arrive to help, including Kaoru. They successfully repel the attack, but there’s no sign of Shishio himself. Kenshin realizes that Shishio is retracing the history of the Boshin War by targeting Tokyo instead; he has commandeered an ironclad battleship with which to siege the city. Sojiro appears and kidnaps Kaoru, and Kenshin pursues him. Kenshin boards the ironclad and duels with Shishio’s minions to try and rescue Kaoru. Kaoru is thrown overboard and Kenshin plunges after her. Kaoru is lost in the waves, while Kenshin himself washes ashore in a remote part of Japan, and is taken in by another sword master…

Top Billed Cast

Takeru Sato
Kenshin Himura
Emi Takei
Kaoru Kamiya
Yusuke Iseya
Aoshi Shinomori
Munetaka Aoki
Sanosuke Sagara
Yu Aoi
Megumi Takani
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Sojiro Sata
Kazufumi Miyazawa
Toshimichi Okubo
Tao Tsuchiya
Misao Makimachi
Kaito Oyagi
Yahiko Myojin
Kenichi Takito
Hoji Sadojima
Ryusuke Miura
Cho Sawagejo
Tomomi Maruyama
Anji Yukyuzan
Maryjun Takahashi
Yumi Komagata
Mantaro Koichi
Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Hidekazu Mashima
Takano
Dai Watanabe
Seiku Arai
Tatsuya Nakamura
Shakku Arai
Mitsu Murata
Usui Uonuma
Hiroko Yashiki
Honjo Kamatari
Yuya Hara
Henya Kariwa
Takao Yamada
Iwanbo
Kota Yamaguchi
Fuji
Kentaro Shimazu
Saizuchi
Joji Kokubo
Kurojo
Shigeru Sato
Shirojo
Yuka Eta
Masugami
Ayumi Beppo
Omime
Aki Nishihara
Azusa Arai
Seiki Hasunuma
Iori Arai
Yurakuo Hosokawa
Iori Arai
Ei Tabata
Eiji Mishima
Yasushi Fuchikami
Eiichiro Mishima
Min Tanaka
Okina
Masaharu Fukuyama
Seijiro Hiko
Yosuke Eguchi
Hajime Saito
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Makoto Shishio
Top Billed Cast

Kenshin Himura
Takeru Sato

Kaoru Kamiya
Emi Takei

Aoshi Shinomori
Yusuke Iseya

Sanosuke Sagara
Munetaka Aoki

Megumi Takani
Yu Aoi

Sojiro Sata
Ryunosuke Kamiki

Toshimichi Okubo
Kazufumi Miyazawa

Misao Makimachi
Tao Tsuchiya

Yahiko Myojin
Kaito Oyagi

Hoji Sadojima
Kenichi Takito

Cho Sawagejo
Ryusuke Miura

Anji Yukyuzan
Tomomi Maruyama

Yumi Komagata
Maryjun Takahashi

Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Mantaro Koichi

Takano
Hidekazu Mashima

Seiku Arai
Dai Watanabe

Shakku Arai
Tatsuya Nakamura

Usui Uonuma
Mitsu Murata

Honjo Kamatari
Hiroko Yashiki

Henya Kariwa
Yuya Hara

Iwanbo
Takao Yamada

Fuji
Kota Yamaguchi

Saizuchi
Kentaro Shimazu

Kurojo
Joji Kokubo

Shirojo
Shigeru Sato

Masugami
Yuka Eta

Omime
Ayumi Beppo

Azusa Arai
Aki Nishihara

Iori Arai
Seiki Hasunuma

Iori Arai
Yurakuo Hosokawa

Eiji Mishima
Ei Tabata

Eiichiro Mishima
Yasushi Fuchikami

Okina
Min Tanaka

Seijiro Hiko
Masaharu Fukuyama

Hajime Saito
Yosuke Eguchi

Makoto Shishio
Tatsuya Fujiwara