Movie: Rurouni Kenshin
Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin
Japanese: るろうに剣心
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Writer: Watsuki
Nobuhiro (manga), Kiyomi Fujii,Keishi Ohtomo
Producer: Takero Hisamatsu,
Tatsuro Hatanaka, Masahiko Ibaraki, Hiroaki Kitano, Osamu Kubota,
Hiroyoshi Koiwai
Cinematographer: Takuro Ishizaka
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Runtime: 134 min.
Genre: Action / Based on
a Comic / Period-19th Century / Samurai
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Budget: US $20 million
Box Office: US $61.7 million
(worldwide)
CAST
TAKERU SATOH as Kenshin Himura / Himura
Battosai
EMI TAKEI as Kamiya Kaoru
MUNETAKA AOKI as Sanosuke Sagara
YU AOI as Megumi Takani
KOJI KIKKAWA as
Udo Jime antagonist
SYNOPSIS
Kenshin Himura
(TAKERU SATOH) is a former assasin - “Battosai” but has now sworn
never to kill again hence becoming a “rouruni” ~ a wandering
swordsman. He is passing by Tokyo when he ran into Kamiya Kaoru (EMI
TAKEI) whose goal is to capture the “battosai” and put an end to
his evil ways. Turn of events and Kenshin saved Kaoru from the
blood-hungry battosai-wannabe Udo Jime. She invites Kenshin to her
once-popular dojo. They build a friendship, maybe even more.
REVIEW
Satoh Takeru is
officially a bad-ass!! I loved him since Bloody Monday with Miura
Haruma and I knew that his got talent but he brought Rouroni Kenshin
to life and much more. His action scenes are breathtaking. His
chemistry with Emi Takei (Kaoru) is so genuine that I believe they
love each other for real. (lol) If you love the manga, the anime, you
will love the live-action better! 5 out of 5 stars!
NOTES ~
related titles
Rouroni Kenshin:
Kyoto Inferno (part 2)
Rouroni Kenshin:
The Legend Ends (part 3 and final movie)
theme song ~ “The
Beginning” by ONE OK ROCK
