Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Final, the first of the two films, will open in Japan on April 23, while Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning, the second film, will open on June 4.
The official website for the two ‘final chapter’ films in the live-action film series based on Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga began streaming a teaser trailer for Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning, the second of the two films, on Tuesday.
Issei Takahashi, Nijirō Murakami, and Masanobu Andou will play the characters Katsura Kogorō, Okita Sōji, and Takasugi Shinsaku, respectively, in the Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning film.
Rurouni Kenshin Saishūshō The Beginning will tell the story of how Kenshin got his cross-shaped scar.