[JAPAN MOVIE 2012-2014] るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- / RUROUNI KENSHIN

[pechumori]

RUROUNI KENSHIN

 

Profile

• 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

Plot

Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh) 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

1. Based on popular manga series "Rurouni Kenshin" written & illustrated by Watsuki Nobuhiro - published in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 – November 4, 1999.
2. Filming begins August, 2011 and is expected to be released in the summer of 2012.
3. Related titles:
   1. Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
   2. Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno | Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Taika Hen (2014)
   3. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends | Rurouni Kenshin Densetsu no Saigo Hen (2014)

Cast

Takeru Satoh	Emi Takei	Koji Kikkawa	Yu Aoi	Munetaka Aoki
Kenshin Himura	Kaoru Kamiya	Udo Jine	Megumi Takani	Sanosuke Sagara

Gou Ayano	Genki Sudo	Taketo Tanaka	Eiji Okuda	Yosuke Eguchi
Gein	Banjin Inui	Yahiko Myojin	Aritomo Yamagata	Hajime Saito

Teruyuki Kagawa

Kanryu Takeda

Additional Cast Members:

• Ryuhei Higashiyama - soldier 4
• Masashi Arifuku - oriental doctor

Trailer

credit: Movieclips Film Festivals & Indie Films

 

Official Sound Track

ONE OK ROCK - The Beginning [Official Music Video]
credit: ONEOKROCKchannel

 

Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno

Profile

• Movie: Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno
• Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Taika Hen
• Japanese: るろうに剣心　京都大火編
• Director: Keishi Ohtomo
• Writer: Watsuki Nobuhiro (manga), Kiyomi Fujii, Keishi Ohtomo
• Producer: Takero Hisamatsu, Tatsuro Hatanaka, Masahiko Ibaraki, Naoto Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Koiwai, Satoshi Fukushima
• Cinematographer: Takuro Ishizaka
• Release Date: August 1, 2014
• Runtime: 139 min.
• Genre: Action / Based on a Comic / Period-19th Century / Samurai
• Distributor: Warner Bros.
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh) goes up against pure evil Makoto Shishio (Tatsuya Fujiwara) who is attempting to overthrow the Meiji government. The fate of the country hangs in the balance as Kenshin Himura takes up the sword that he vowed to never draw again.

Notes

1. Based on popular manga series "Rurouni Kenshin" written & illustrated by Watsuki Nobuhiro (published in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 – November 4, 1999).
2. Filming began July 1, 2013 and finished December 27, 2013. Filming took place in Ibaraki, Yamagata, Kumamoto, Shiga, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nagano, Tochigi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Tokyo, Japan. More than 5,000 extras were used for the film.
3. Related titles:
   1. Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
   2. Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno | Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Taika Hen (2014)
   3. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends | Rurouni Kenshin Densetsu no Saigo Hen (2014)

Cast

Takeru Satoh	Emi Takei	Munetaka Aoki	Kaito Oyagi	Yu Aoi
Kenshin Himura	Kaoru Kamiya	Sanosuke Sagara	Yahiko Myojin	Megumi Takani

Yosuke Eguchi	Yusuke Iseya	Min Tanaka	Tao Tsuchiya	Ryunosuke Kamiki
Hajime Saito	Aoshi Shinomori	Nenji Kashiwazaki	Misao Makimachi	Soujiro Seta

Maryjun Takahashi	Tatsuya Fujiwara
Yumi Komagata	Makoto Shishio

Additional Cast Members:

• Kazufumi Miyazawa - Toshimichi Ookubo
• Yukiyoshi Ozawa - Ito Hirobumi
• Ryosuke Miura - Cho Sawagejo
• Kenichi Takito - Hoji Sadojima
• Tomomi Maruyama - Anji Yukyuzan
• Mitsu Murata - Usui Uonuma
• Hiroko Yashiki - Kamatari Honjo
• Kentaro Shimazu - Saizuchi
• Kota Yamaguchi - Fuji
• Dai Watanabe - Seiku Arai
• Aki Nishihara - Seiku Arai's wife

Trailer

 credit: Movieclips Trailers

 

Official Sound Track

ONE OK ROCK - Mighty Long Fall [Official Music Video]
credit: ONEOKROCKchannel

 

Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends

Profile

• Movie: Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends
• Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin Densetsu no Saigo hen
• Japanese: るろうに剣心 伝説の最期編
• Director: Keishi Ohtomo
• Writer: Nobuhiro Watsuki (manga), Kiyomi Fujii, Keishi Ohtomo
• Producer: Tatsuro Hatanaka, Masahiko Ibaraki, Naoto Miyamoto, Hiroyoshi Koiwai, Satoshi Fukushima
• Cinematographer: Takuro Ishizaka
• Release Date: September 13, 2014
• Runtime:
• Genre: Action / Based on a Comic / Period-19th Century / Samurai
• Distributor: Warner Bros.
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Notes

1. Based on popular manga series "Rurouni Kenshin" written & illustrated by Watsuki Nobuhiro (published in Weekly Shonen Jump from September 2, 1994 – November 4, 1999).
2. Filming began July 1, 2013 and finished December 27, 2013. Filming took place in Ibaraki, Yamagata, Kumamoto, Shiga, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nagano, Tochigi, Chiba, Kanagawa and Tokyo, Japan. More than 5,000 extras were used for the film.
3. Related titles:
   1. Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
   2. Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno | Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Taika Hen (2014)
   3. Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends | Rurouni Kenshin Densetsu no Saigo Hen (2014)

Cast

Takeru Satoh	Emi Takei	Munetaka Aoki	Yu Aoi	Kaito Oyagi
Kenshin Himura	Kaoru Kamiya	Sanosuke Sagara	Megumi Takani	Yahiko Myojin

Yosuke Eguchi	Yusuke Iseya	Tao Tsuchiya	Min Tanaka	Kazufumi Miyazawa
Hajime Saito	Aoshi Shinomori	Misao Makimachi	Nenji Kashiwazaki	Toshimichi Ookubo

Yukiyoshi Ozawa	Tatsuya Fujiwara	Ryunosuke Kamiki	Kenichi Takito	Ryosuke Miura
Hirobumi Ito	Makoto Shishio	Soujiro Seta	Hoji Sadojima	Cho Sawagejo

Tomomi Maruyama	Maryjun Takahashi	Masaharu Fukuyama
Anji Yukyuzan	Yumi Komagata	Seijuro Hiko

Additional Cast Members:

• Mitsu Murata - Usui Uonuma
• Hiroko Yashiki - Kamatari Honjo
• Kentaro Shimazu - Saizuchi
• Kota Yamaguchi - Fuji

Trailer

credit: Movieclips Trailers

 

Official Sound Track

ONE OK ROCK - Heartache [Official Music Video]
credit: ONEOKROCKchannel

 

credit: Asianwiki

Official website:
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/rurouni-kenshin/index.html#home

[Guest farstrep]

Poster character intro



Artwork

credits: as tagged

[azzurri]

Dropped by to have a look at the thread. Wow @farstrep, that's really amazing fanart.

[Guest farstrep]

@azzurri: That's amazing, isn't it? It really resembles the actor straight down to a T. I am now looking for some more artwork but they're mostly based on the anime or manga.

BTS without subs:

http://youtu.be/hJIhafHcnug

[azzurri]

I would like to contribute a little regarding this amazing story. As you all know, this was originally a manga written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki.
Perhaps as an introduction, we need to understand certain terms used. So let's begin with the actual title: "Rurouni Kenshin"
Kenshin is actually the name of the 'hero' in this story, ie Himura Kenshin. As a child he was saved from marauding bandits by his future Master, Hiko Seijuro. Seijuro renamed him from his original name Shinta, to Kenshin which literally means Heart of Sword, and went on to teach him the art of the sword for 6 years. (Will talk about this particular sword art in another post).
Rurouni - here is a complete explanation of this word from wikia.com: Rurouni (るろうに), while being a word invented by Rurouni Kenshin author Nobuhiro Watsuki, has a meaning similar or identical to that of the word rōnin (浪人), which refers to wandering, masterless samurai. While normal samurai served as retainers for feudal lords, if the lord were to be killed or fall from favor, the samurai would then become rōnin and be forced from a life of steady servitude into one of aimless social or economic wandering.Within the scope of the series, the term "rurouni" appears to refer to swordsmen who spend a period of time wandering in search of personal enlightenment or so as to serve ordinary people in need rather than a lord. As such, these swordsmen tend to live on little to no income and have to make do with secondhand belongings or lodgings.
So I guess, the literal meaning of the title Rurouni Kenshin, can be Kenshin the Wandering Swordsman (or Samurai).

[azzurri]

I will not be around for the actual movie night, my dear friends. But I wanted to contribute a little, especially for those like me who were unfamiliar with the manga or anime.
There are many strange terms, so when I watched the movie, I discovered that I had to write them down and look them up in order to understand better. So I would like to post those terms and background story that I looked up, so that the movie watching experience would be even more complete for all of you. The Japanese art of fighting and war, as with many things Japanese, was steeped in culture and principles of honor and propriety. This makes the story of Rurouni Kenshin, much like Faith, a story of a warrior's code of honor and loyalty (faith). 
Will try to post several instalments, as there are many terms. Hopefully the movie will be fun for everybody to watch. Hugs!!

[Maja]

I'd like to contribute too )Here is a review from Ms. Koala:http://koalasplayground.com/2013/01/04/movie-review-the-phenomenal-awesomeness-that-is-rurouni-kenshin/
and some pics )

cr to pic owner
source: http://kei-u.tumblr.com/post/39115220225/a-sword-is-a-tool-to-save-people-with

[azzurri]

@myphim.... great post! Love Koala's review. I'm glad that on the whole, despite her hating Faith (still bitter about that, LOL), most times her writings are spot on. I LOL-ed at this: I henceforth give thee all permission to go forth and fall in love with Sato Takeru as Himura Kenshin, one-half world weary peerless warrior, one-half mellow easy-going nice guy.
Unfortunately Daejang has spoiled me for any one else, even the awesomeness that is Himura Kenshin.

[Maja]

I love this song from the Movie )
http://youtu.be/JED0gMDUJt0

[Maja]

@azzurri
I agree Uri Daejang spoiled us on any further warriors we may encounter ) maybe one day someone could replace him for us and it might just be another LMH character... but I do love Kenshin he has a special place in my heart I've seen the anime and read the manga love him... )

[azzurri]

@Maja... you would know the background story better! I've never read the manga nor watched the anime, so I have been googling all the info from scratch!
And I love that song too!  :x

[mademoisellesia]

@Maja
So have you already seen the movie? Did Takeru do a good job portraying Kenshin?

[Maja]

@sia3Yes he did, he was spot on as Kenshin ) and he was also good in the action scene, he really got Kenshin's dorkyness and seriousness )
here's some trailers:

[Guest jade_frost]

This was a pretty good movie for me except for Takei Emi. I didn't think she was the best choice for her role.

[azzurri]

Continuing definition of terms:


Hitokiri BattousaiFor those like me, who have not read the manga nor watched the anime, RK was an entirely new experience, and the terms especially relating to Battousai and his martial art was alien to me so I needed to do some research.
First of all, Hitokiri Battousai is not his true name. This is a name that Kenshin was called back in those days of conflict (Bakumatsu). Hitokiri literally means Manslayer. Battousai means the Unsheather (or One who Unsheathes his Sword), and his style of martial art is called Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū. Collectively this can be categorised under Kenjutsu or Art of the Sword, which has 500 different schools. 
The type of Kenjutsu that Kenshin practices is Battojutsu, which is a field of kenjutsu which deals specifically with the rapid drawing and sheathing of a sword. Hence one who practices it is called Battousai.
He was a legendary assassin or hitokiri in the Meiji Revolution, but after which he spent 10 years as a rurouni, and uses a sakabato (reverse blade sword).

[Guest myphim]

azzurri said: @myphim.... great post! Love Koala's review. I'm glad that on the whole, despite her hating Faith (still bitter about that, LOL), most times her writings are spot on. I LOL-ed at this: I henceforth give thee all permission to go forth and fall in love with Sato Takeru as Himura Kenshin, one-half world weary peerless warrior, one-half mellow easy-going nice guy.
Unfortunately Daejang has spoiled me for any one else, even the awesomeness that is Himura Kenshin.

[Guest myphim]

jade_frost said: This was a pretty good movie for me except for Takei Emi. I didn't think she was the best choice for her role.

[Maja]

Hi! @myphim I was about to go to dreamland but I saw you here ) yes, I think that Emi Takei was the weak link in the movie and like Megumi more ) I heard they are going to make this a trilogy... I wish they would make the arc about Kenshin's wife Tomoe and get a better actress for that role... I like the Tomoe/Kenshin loveline even on the anime and manga it has so much depth )

I'm off to bed now )

[Guest myphim]

Maja said: Hi! @myphim I was about to go to dreamland but I saw you here ) yes, I think that Emi Takei was the weak link in the movie and like Megumi more ) I heard they are going to make this a trilogy... I wish they would make the arc about Kenshin's wife Tomoe and get a better actress for that role... I like the Tomoe/Kenshin loveline even on the anime and manga it has so much depth )

I'm off to bed now )

[Yuuni]

Trailer with eng sub

PROFIL CHARACTERS 

For those who likes Megumi :

Saito

Kaoru

Kenshi

Kanryu

Jine

Sano