Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKeishi Ōtomo
Screenplay by
  • Kiyomi Fujii
  • Keishi Ōtomo
Based onRurouni Kenshin
by Nobuhiro Watsuki
Produced bySatoshi Fukushima
Starring
CinematographyTakuro Ishizaka
Edited byTsuyoshi Imai
Music byNaoki Satō
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13) (Japan)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget$30 million (shared with Kyoto Inferno)
Box office$41.9 million

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (Japanese: るろうに剣心 伝説の最期編, Hepburn: Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen) is a 2014 Japanese jidaigeki action film directed by Keishi Ōtomo and based on the manga series Rurouni Kenshin. Serving as the third installment of the Rurouni Kenshin film series and a direct sequel to Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014), the film takes place immediately after the predecessor and sees Himura Kenshin recover and prepare for a last stand against Shishio Makoto and his gang.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends was released in Japan, on September 13, 2014, by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan; one month after Kyoto Inferno. Two further installments in the film series were released in 2021: Rurouni Kenshin: The Final, a sequel to The Legend Ends, and Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, a prequel to the entire series.