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…
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Top Billed Cast
Kenshin Himura
Kaoru Kamiya
Aoshi Shinomori
Sanosuke Sagara
Megumi Takani
Sojiro Sata
Toshimichi Okubo
Misao Makimachi
Yahiko Myojin
Hoji Sadojima
Cho Sawagejo
Anji Yukyuzan
Yumi Komagata
Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Takano
Seiku Arai
Shakku Arai
Usui Uonuma
Honjo Kamatari
Henya Kariwa
Iwanbo
Fuji
Saizuchi
Kurojo
Shirojo
Masugami
Omime
Azusa Arai
Iori Arai
Iori Arai
Eiji Mishima
Eiichiro Mishima
Okina
Seijiro Hiko
Hajime Saito
Makoto Shishio