'Rurouni Kenshin' Movie 2 Release Date Set! New Photos Of Kenshin Vs Sojiro, Shishio Released!

It looks like the "Rurouni Kenshin" movie 2 release date is set! And it seems we will have almost back-to-back releases of "Rurouni Kenshin" movie 2 and "Rurouni Kenshin" movie 3 as "Rurouni Kenshin" movie 2 aka "Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire" will open on Japan on August 1, 2014 and "Rurouni Kenshin" movie 3 aka "Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend" will open on September 13, 2014!

According to the Anime News Network, the 48th issue of Kakken Marketing's "Cinema★Cinema" magazine published new still images from this year's two live-action "Rurouni Kenshin" sequel films.

The pictures feature a duel between Kenshin Himura played Takeru Satoh and Sojiro Seta played by Ryunosuke Kamiki. Another picture shows Kenshin confronting main antagonist Makoto Shishio played byTatsuya Fujiwara.

The filming of the two "Rurouni Kenshin" films ended on December 27 after six months of filming.

Takeru Satoh posted this on his blog regarding the six month shoot.

"It was late, but Happy New Year! Sato is grateful for this year! Well, today after a long time we send to you our "Rurouni" site report. The other day Ken finished the fierce fight for half a year, we have successfully wrapped up the 'Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire' and 'Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend' Thanks to all of your support, we were able to finish this long and harsh shooting! Thank you very much everyone, the fans and staff who have supported this filming, who have shown their full support! We will tell you more about this report, of Kenshin's wrapping up So stay tuned!"

This is the confimed cast of "Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire" and "Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend"

Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura

Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya

Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara

Yuu Aoi as Megumi Takani

Yosuke Eguchi as Hajime Saitō

Tao Tsuchiya as Misao Makimachi

Yusuke Iseya as Aoshi Shinomori

Min Tanaka as Nenji Kashiwazaki/Okina

Kazufumi Miyazawa as Toshimichi Ōkubo

Yukiyoshi Ozawa as Hirobumi Itō

Kaito Ōyagi as Yahiko Myōjin

Maryjun Takahashi as Yumi Komagata

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Makoto Shishio

Ryunosuke Kamiki as Sōjirō Seta

Ryōsuke Miura as Chō Sawagejō

Kenichi Takitō as Hōji Sadojima

Tomomi Maruyama as Anji Yūkyūzan

Matsu Murata as Usui Uonuma

Hiroko Yashiki as Kamatari Honjō

Yuuya Hara as Henya Kariwa

Takao Yamada as Iwanbō

Kentarō Shimazu as Saizuchi

Kōta Yamaguchi as Fuji