Kenshin, el guerrero samurái: El final (2021)

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Rurouni Kenshin: The Final is a 2021 Japanese jidaigeki action film based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki, and serving as the fourth installment of the Rurouni Kenshin film series following Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014). The film adapts the manga series' final arc, though some story elements differ. Like the previous entries, it was directed and written by Keishi Ōtomo, with Takeru Satoh reprising his role as Himura Kenshin. The film's story focuses on the arrival of Yukishiro Enishi as he seeks revenge against Kenshin for the death of his sister Yukishiro Tomoe, which leads to a confrontation between the two.

Production

Following the "Kyoto arc" duology films from the series, director Keishi Ōtomo noted there are also circumstances in which my own projects were progressing in various ways. So, first of all, they had the staff take the lead and proceed. Ōtomo started around the spring of 2018. He may have had to enter for a while. The script was quite difficult according to the director.

Although based on the Jinchu arc from Rurouni Kenshin, Takeru Satoh explained in December 2020 that the movie would be different from the source material. He stated that he was worried whether manga author Nobuhiro Watsuki would like the film since it contains an original story. However, Watsuki sent him a letter in response that he was able to feel fully immersed in the world of the film.

Plans for another sequel had been revealed by Daily.co.jp on September 4, 2017, in connection the main actress Emi Takei's breach of contract due to her marriage with Exile band member Takahiro, as well as her pregnancy. Takei had agreements with up to 10 companies for commercials, including JTB and Yōfuku no Aoyama, and it was reported that her agreement with SSP might be terminated, with her commercial agreements with other companies being affe…

Rock band One Ok Rock provided the soundtrack song "Renegades" for the film. In an interview with J Rock News, Moriuchi would express how the song connects to being the main theme for The Final, in which he would say that "Renegades" relates more to the protagonist than the overarching plot of the film.

This fourth entry was produced at the same period of time with the fifth entry. The film started shooting on November 4, 2018, and finished on June 28, 2019. Large-scale shooting for more than 7 months was carried out at 43 locations nationwide, including Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Mie, Hyogo, Kumamoto, Hiroshima, Tochigi, Saitama, Shizuoka, Osaka, and Nagano. It utilized a total of 6,000 extras.

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