Rurouni Kenshin [2012]

Movie: Rurouni Kenshin
Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin
Japanese: るろうに剣心
Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Writer: Watsuki Nobuhiro (manga)
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Release Date: August 25, 2012
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Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Sato) has now become a wandering samurai. Offerring aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their relationship develops further, but Kenshin is still haunted by his violent past ...

Notes

Based on popular manga series "Rurouni Kenshin" written & illustrated by Watsuki Nobuhiro - published in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 – November 4, 1999.
Filming begins August, 2011 and is expected to be released in the summer of 2012.




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22-year-old actor Takeru Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O, Rookies, Beck, Ryōmaden) will star in a live-action film adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin samurai manga next year. Keishi Ōtomo will direct Satoh on this new film, just as he did in last year's NHK historical television series Ryōmaden. Warner Brothers Pictures Japan is producing with its president William Ireton, while Studio Swan (Paradise Kiss) is charge of the actual film production.

"Rurouni Kenshin" berasal dari manga (komik Jepang) yang diterbitkan dari 1994-1999 di majalah Shonen Jump. Kompilasi itu disusun menjadi 28 volume komik yang juga diterbitkan di Indonesia dengan judul Samurai X.

Rurouni Kenshin juga diadaptasi ke dalam bentuk animasi. Di Jepang, anime itu ditayangkan pada 1996-1998. Sementara itu, di Indonesia, serial animasi ini dikenal sebagai Samurai X dan ditayangkan pada 2000-2001.

"Rurouni Kenshin" berkisah tentang samurai bernama Kenshin Himura yang hidup bertahun-tahun sebagai pembunuh. Samurai yang punya codet berbentuk "X" di pipinya itu dikenal sebagai "Battousai" alias si pembantai.

Takeru Sato akan memerankan sang samurai protagonis Kenshin Himura. Para tokoh lain adalah Kaoru Kamiya (diperankan Emi Takei), Megumi Takani (Yuu Aoi), Sanosuke Sagara (Munetaka Aoki), Hajime Saito (Yosuke Eguchi), Kanryu Takeda (Teruyuki Kagawa), Yahiko Myojin (Taketo Tanaka), dan Jine Udo (Kouji Kikkawa), seperti dilansir dari laman animenewsnetwork.

Film ini akan diputar di Jepang mulai 25 Agustus 2012.

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