Rurouni Kenshin: The Final 2021

In Tokyo, Yukishiro Enishi, [Mackenyu], leader of the Shanghai mafia, arrives in a bid to hunt down the legendary former government assassin Himura Kenshin [Takeru Satoh]. He and his strike team, each nursing a personal grudge against Kenshin, unleash a brutal assault on the city, beginning with a cannon blast that devastates the Akabeko restaurant and claims innocent lives. Amid the chaos, Kenshin uncovers a cryptic note etched with the characters jinchū (人誅, lit. “human judgment”), a grim clue that signals the depth of the vendetta pursuing him.

Enishi wastes no time in targeting Kenshin’s world. He sends one ally to destroy the Maekawa Dojo and another to terrorize the Chief of Police’s home. Sanosuke Sagara [Munetaka Aoki] speeds toward the Maekawa Dojo, while Kenshin goes to assess the police chief’s safety and fends off Enishi’s nimble assailant in a display of swift swordswork. The trail of violence widens as Enishi confronts Kenshin in a chance encounter and declares his ultimate goal: to force Kenshin to relive the pain he felt when his sister, Tomoe, was lost to him.

Kenshin’s closest allies—Kamiya Kaoru [Emi Takei], Sanosuke, Myojin Yahiko [Riku Onishi], and Takani Megumi [Yu Aoi]—are brought into the loop as he opens up about a past that still haunts him. Fifteen years earlier, while some of his choices were shaped by the Imperialists, he fell in love with Tomoe Yukishiro [Kasumi Arimura], who, unbeknownst to him, served as a spy for the Shogunate and, in a separate thread of tragedy, was the fiancée of Akira Kiyosato [Masataka Kubota], the man who gave Kenshin his first scar and was killed by him. The revelation of Tomoe’s tangled loyalties—and the double-edged heartbreak she carried—casts Kenshin’s memories in stark relief and deepens the moral weight of Enishi’s vendetta.

Oniwabanshu warriors Shinomori Aoshi [Yûsuke Iseya] and Makimachi Misao [Tao Tsuchiya] arrive to help, bringing with them Tomoe’s diary, a fragile testament to the love and loss that shaped Kenshin’s present. Saito Hajime [Yosuke Eguchi] and his troops are drawn into Enishi’s web when Cho Sawagejo [Ryosuke Miura] sets a trap, revealing the mafia’s influence over the violence consuming Tokyo. Enishi’s forces widen the devastation, bombing districts across the city, and Shinomori is wounded in the crossfire while Kenshin defeats the man responsible for the Akabeko attack. Kaoru is abducted by Enishi, and her captivity becomes a poignant test of resilience, as she reminds Enishi of his sister and the trauma that still shadows him.

With time running short, Kenshin steels himself to confront Enishi and redeem himself for Tomoe’s death. Misao and Saito join forces with the police to create a safety net around Kenshin as he closes in on Enishi’s fortress. Inside the mansion, Kenshin meets Heishin Woo [Takuma Oto o] and, unexpectedly, Sojiro Seta [Ryunosuke Kamiki], who reveals that Kenshin’s words helped him move on from his own past. The two former adversaries clash, and Kenshin’s mercy shines as he allows Enishi to stab him, seeking to break the cycle of pain. Heishin shoots Kenshin, but Kaoru hurls herself into the line of fire and Enishi steps in, taking the bullet to protect her and overpowering Heishin until Kenshin can intervene, grateful for Enishi’s final act of courage.

In the aftermath, Enishi is taken into custody. Kaoru returns Tomoe’s diary to him, and upon reading it, Enishi confronts Tomoe’s final resolve: to stop Kenshin from killing, even at the cost of her own life. Kenshin and Kaoru visit Tomoe’s grave to pay their respects; Kenshin thanks Tomoe, offers a quiet apology, and—carrying the weight of memory—prepares to move forward with his life.