In a bunch of recently released photos of Rurouni Kenshin movie 2 or Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire, a few of those featured Tatsuya Fujiwara in costume as Shishio!

According to the Anime News Network, The press visited the sets for this year's two live-action Rurouni Kenshin sequel films in early November, and previewed the scenes when the title character Kenshin faces the former government assassin Shishio. At the Shōnai Movie Village studio set in Yamagata Prefecture on November 3, the crew filmed the scenes where Kenshin Himura played by Takeru Satoh is taken by Shishio's right-hand man Sōjirō played by Ryunosuke Kamiki to the residence of Shishio Makoto played by Tatsuya Fujiwara. There, Kenshin and Shishio meet face-to-face for the first time in Rurouni Kenshin movie 2: Great Kyoto Fire.

Kazuhiro Sawataishi, the character costume designer for all three live-action Rurouni Kenshin films, explained that the crew took great pains to recreate Shishio's signature head-to-toe bandage wrapping. While the costume looks like realistic bandaging, it is actually a suit fabricated out of material similar to hard plaster to Fujiwara's dimensions.

According to Director Keishi Ōtomo, he revealed that it takes about an hour for Tatsuya Fujiwara to put on the costume. When asked whether the costume is comfortable, Fujiwara laughed it off. He said it is hard to hear in it but that it is a good thing as it is a good way to be isolated mentally. He commented that wearing the costume "flicks a switch" and lets him embody the role. He added that it feels like wearing a heavy wetsuit.

Takeru Satoh remarked that while he had not shot an action scene with Fujiwara at the time, Fujiwara as Shishio carries "a convincing sense of powerfulness." Ryunosuke Kamiki was already a fan of Tatsuya Fujiwara since Death Note and said he was thrilled to get a chance to work with him.