More Photos of Tatsuya Fujiwara as Shishio Makoto

Gutten Morgen! Here are two photos featuring Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire villain Shishio Makoto (Tatsuya Fujiwara) wearing his costume and in character. A BTS of sorts.

ANN is running a piece about the intricacies of Shishio's costume and you can very well see that they got it. The short version of the article is that they fabricated a suit based on Fujiwara's dimensions that will make it look like the actor is covered by bandages from head to toe.

And oh shit, there's Maryjun Takahashi once again.

You can read the full article from ANN HERE.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire opens August 1 in Japan.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire Teases Shishio and the Juppongatana

Seriously does Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire need more hyping when it's already a hypebeast on it's own? We'll all watch the movie when it comes out regardless of who will be distributing it, so do they still need to whet our appetites? The answer is placed below after this photo...

Shishio Makoto and the Juppongatana

Yes, dammit, the answer is yes!

So for context and to make things SEO friendly (because that's what I do), these is the main members of the Juppongatana, the ruthless criminal organization led by Makoto Shishio (Tatsuya Fujiwara). 

And these guys really did a number on most of the good guys in Samurai X/ Rurouni Kenshin. Anji and Sanosuke's fist fight was my first forray in powdered blood. Seto Sojiro and Kenshin Himura's fight was the most eye-popping and hell even the triple tag fight between Misao, Kaoru and Yoshi was amazing.  

Can't wait to see those fights happen in the big screen. Movie 2 comes out August 1 and movie 3 comes out September 1.

First Look at Shishio for Rurouni Kenshin 2 and 3

Here's what actor Tatsuya Fujiwara will look like as Shishio Makoto for the upcoming second and third Rurouni Kenshin movies. 

This is awesome. Not only does it look realistic it's also very fateful to the source material's look. Although I still can't fathom the idea of a severely burned swordsman being the most brutal killer in Meiji era Japan. Mind boogling. 

Special thanks to Les for the initial heads up.

Tatsuya Fujiwara Has Been Cast as Shishio Makoto for Rurouni Kenshin Sequels

It's official, actor Tatsuya Fujiwara will be fighting Takeru Satoh for the two sequels for Rurouni Kenshin as the nefarious Shishio Makoto.

If Fujiwara looks awfully familiar to you, that's because he was Shuya Nanahara in the live action adaptation of Battle Royale as well as Light Yagami in the live-action Death Note films.

As for me, I'm not doubting Fujiwara's acting chops, what I'm more worried about is his physical appearance; can he really pull off that whole 'burnt man' in bandage look for the two movies?

Source: [Orends Range]