Almost five minutes of behind-the-scenes footage from the live-action film adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin manga ran on Japanese television. The video features 22-year-old actor Takeru Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O, Rookies, Beck, Ryōmaden) practicing his moves as the titular samurai.
The film will open in Japan on August 25.
The poster for the live-action film, “Rurouni Kenshin“, has finally been revealed!
The black-and-white photo was taken by Kurigami Kazumi, a renowned photographer who has won many awards. It was taken to convey the ‘hidden madness’ of the protagonist ‘Kenshin’, a former assassin who vows not to kill anyone after experiencing a personal trauma.
“Rurouni Kenshin” will open in theaters on August 25th. It stars a gorgeous line-up of actors and actresses including Sato Takeru, Takei Emi, Aoi Yu, and Kikkawa Koji.
Additionally, the new series of “Rurouni Kenshin -Meiji Kenyaku Romantan-” will start its serialization in the June issue of manga magazine, “Jump Square”
FINALLY Teaser trailer for manga turned live-action film RUROUNI KENSHIN - stars Takeru Sato, Emi Takei, Teruyuki Kagawa & Yu Aoi
To be release on August 25, 2012 in Japan.
The live action film for “Rurouni Kenshin“ finished filming on November 21st, and fans of the popular manga series got a first look at ‘Kenshin’ himself, played by actor Sato Takeru.
Filming for the movie began back in August, and the shoot was held in Kyoto, Shiga, Tottori, Okayama, Hyogo, and Osaka with a total of 1,200 extras.
Reportedly, William Ireton (who presided over the production of the movie) has already begun preparations to distribute it overseas. He stated, “We believe that ‘Kenshin’ will be loved by audiences all over the world.” Sato also commented, “I screamed ‘It’s over~!’ because I was relieved that we were able to finish filming it safely, and I felt a sense of freedom. I want many people to watch the movie, especially the fans of the original manga.”
“Rurouni Kenshin” is one of Japan’s more famous manga, originally serialized through “Weekly Shonen Jump” during 1994 ~ 1999. Its comics (totaling to 28 volumes) have published over 50 million copies
The manga follows the story of ‘Himura Kenshin’ who was known and feared as the assassin “Hitokiri Battousai”; after experiencing a personal trauma, he starts a personal journey as a wanderer after the Meiji Restoration, pledging that he would do “no more killing.”
Sato plays ‘Kenshin’, and his female co-star is Takei Emi, who plays the heroine “Kamiya Kaoru“; Aoi Yu, Aoki Munetaka, Tanaka Taketo, and Eguchi Yosuke are also the part of the main cast.
The movie will be released on August 25th, 2012.
Actor Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Letters from Iwo Jima, Inception) and actress Yuu Aoi (Honey and Clover, Tekkonkinkreet, Redline) will host Studio Ghibli Monogatari (The Story of Studio Ghibli), a documentary that will air on Japan’s NTV network on March 21 at 9:00 p.m. The program will profile the struggles that director Hayao Miyazaki, director Isao Takahata, and producer Toshio Suzuki underwent to make the studio’s films.
The 26-year-old studio’s next film, an adaptation of Chizuru Takahashi and Tetsurō Sayama’s Kokuriko-Zaka Kara shōjo manga, will open in Japan this summer. Miyazaki’s son Goro Miyazaki is directing the film.
In the announcement for the documentary, Watanabe noted that even though there are not many Japanese films that people overseas have seen, “everyone” knows Ghibli films. He dubbed over Sylvester Stallone’s voice for NTV’s 1985 airing of the First Blood (Rambo) film, and he dubbed over his own voice for the Japanese dubbing of Inception. Watanabe has yet to voice a role in anime, but he said that he would be willing to act in a Ghibli film if there was a role for him.
source: ANIME NEWSNETWORK
Actress Matsushita Nao is currently starring as detective in the popular drama “CONTROL“, but in an interview she confessed that she doesn’t like to move around that much and that she often has muscular pain. There are more actress that seem to have a rather gentle and calm image. Some of them eventually surprise you when they suddenly play an energetic character. Although behind the scenes they might actually have a lot of muscular pain as well. Do you know actresses with a rather gentle or meek image? Scroll down and find out whether they have made it into the Top 10 of this NTT DoCoMo/goo poll! Which actresses have a rather gentle/meek image? 01 – 34,318 votes – Ayase Haruka TOKYOHIVE
02 – 7,685 votes – Fukada Kyoko
03 – 5,559 votes – Aoi Yuu
04 – 4,154 votes – Ueno Juri
05 – 2,906 votes – Kanjiya Shihori
06 – 2,727 votes – Horikita Maki
07 – 1,975 votes – Matsushita Nao
08 – 1,517 votes – Kanno Miho
09 – 907 votes – Fukatsu Eri
10 – 592 votes – Aso Kumiko
Johnny’s talents Toma Ikuta and Noriyuki Higashiyama showed off their woman characters in front of the press in Tokyo on February 2, reports Oricon. The two are about to begin the season of their Mishima double stage show of Madame de Sade/わが友ヒットラー (Waga Tomo Hitler, My Friend Hitler), which starts today. The first play, Madame de Sade, is set in 18th century Paris where six women talk about their encounters with an imprisoned aristocrat, Marquis de Sade. The play had required both stars to dress as women. It has been reported Ikuta had said he was comfortable with his female self. “I think I look quite cute.” The talent continued to say his role model was actress Yu Aoi. “I’m trying to stay as natural, and bubbly cute as I can. (Aoi-san) had visited me during rehearsals and said I looked pretty,” he said. Looking at his co-star Higashiyama, Ikuta could not help but compliment his agency’s senior. “He’s cute. I don’t think I’ll be able to see my senior looking like this many times so I’ve burned this image into the back of my mind,” he said. Higashiyama, however, was not so confident. “I’ve gotten used to it, but it’s still embarrassing.” When asked whether he had studied his woman habits from his wife, actress Yoshino Kimura, Higashiyama clearly denied these comments. “I studied by myself. She’s my rival (in acting) afterall,” he said. The talent also updated the press on preparations for his wedding. “We’re still very, very busy so it’ll be a while away. I’ll keep you updated,” he said. “Mishima Double” will start performances in Tokyo from February 2 to March 2 before moving onto Osaka.
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