reel: ROURUNI KENSHIN るろうに剣心

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