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Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
The closing to the saga overflows with emotion. Here begins Kenshin’s journey as he takes on his duty as a man whose blade is the dawn of a new era.
The Rurouni Kenshin saga closes by going back to how it all began - which means that Takeru Sato must play a 10-years-younger Kenshin 10 years after the first installment of the series was dropped. Nevertheless, this poses no issues whatsoever. Sato is simply perfect and, on top of that, the film teems with energy that never allows the audience to focus on anything but what's going on in front of them. From the opening battle sequence where Kenshin slices his enemies right and left with an actual sword that can kill to the final sequence that leads us back to the first episode, we cannot help but be in awe at Kenshin's speed and his unwavering wish for a new era. When the story circles back to a full close, Rurouni Kenshin establishes itself as a masterpiece in the history of jidaigeki.
監 督 Keishi Otomo
出 演 Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Issei Takahashi, Kazuki Kitamura, Yosuke Eguchi
Japan｜ 2021｜ 137min｜ Japanese｜ Warner Bros. Pictures Japan｜
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director
Keishi Otomo [Film Director]
Keishi Ōtomo is a film and television director born in Iwate, in 1966. After graduating Keio University, he joined NHK in 1990. He then lived in LA from 1997 to 1999, studying scriptwriting and film direction. After returning to Japan, he worked on various NHK projects including drama series Churasan, Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth, Ryōmaden, and the film The Vulture. He left NHK in April 2011 to launch Otomo Keishi Office Inc. and became the first Japanese director to sign a multi-picture deal with Warner Bros. His works thereafter include the Rurouni Kenshin films, Platinum Data (2013), The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016), Museum (2016), March Comes In like a Lion/March Comes In Like a Lamb (2017), Million Dollar Man (2018), and Beneath the Shadow (2020). His latest films Rurouni Kenshin: The Final/The Beginning became megahits in 2021. He also is CEO of OFFICE Oplus which he launched through a partnership with Dentsu to make films overseas.
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