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2014 Rurouni Kenshin Films' Promo Boasts High Reviews
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends opens in Japanese theaters September 13
The staff of the Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen) and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen) films began streaming a "Bridge" promotional video on Monday. The promotional video connects the two films together.
Takeru Satoh: Please experience the moment this film changes history in theaters.
Narrator: Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno. The super-popular comic boasts overwhelming quality!
Text: Satisfaction - 90% (from Yahoo! reviewers)
Text: Want to see the continuation - 95% (those who want to see the Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends film)
Narrator: The live-action adaptation returns with its super-extravagant cast!
Sanosuke: Now you've done it, you ass!!
Kenshin: Oro?
Narrator: Continuing on, it has been decided that film Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends will premiere on September 13.
Kenshin: There is an opponent that I must defeat.
Narrator: The entire world is watching! Don't be late to riding these two films when they set sail! Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno/The Legend Ends.
Text: These films will change the history of Japanese cinema.
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen), the first of two live-action Rurouni Kenshin sequel films, opened nationwide in Japan earlier this month. In three days, it sold 645,086 tickets for 822,734,430 yen (about US$8 million). In the process, it garnered the biggest opening of any Japanese live-action film this year.
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends will open in Japan on September 13.