``Rurouni Kenshin'' A hugely popular series that revolutionized live-action manga with its amazing action!

Index

• All five series have a circular structure.
• Perfect design for the character Kenshin Himura
• The opening scene that gives the impression of an “authentic historical drama”
• Ken Sato's powerful performance as Kenshin's past and present
• “Hyakunin Kiri” is a condensed version of “Ruroken” style action.
• The true value of the “Ruroken” series is “expression of pain”
• Mixing “gravity” into the splendid sword fighting to add physicality
• The raw expressions of actors who are dragged out in extreme conditions
• The theme of the series is “era”

All five series have a circular structure.

A mega-hit series that is one of the most famous among all the blockbusters of Japanese cinema. That is ``Rurouni Kenshin.''

Director Keishi Otomo, a master craftsman who showed great ability in the drama/movie series " Hagetaka " (07/09) and the NHK taiga drama " Ryomaden " (10), took over the megaphone, and with this work as an opportunity, he Takeru Sato, who has risen to become one of the most popular actors in the world, plays the lead role. Kenji Tanigaki, known as Donnie Yen's right-hand man, was invited as the action director. The original manga `` Rurouni Kenshin Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story'' by Nobuhiro Watsuki has sold over 72 million copies in total (including electronic versions). We have assembled a high-level staff and cast for the most powerful content.

Live-action adaptations of manga often have a negative image because they have the image of the original in mind, but this series boasts a level of perfection that many fans of the original work are satisfied with, and it was a box office hit. In addition to income and evaluation, we are unrivaled. The cumulative box office revenue of the first to third films exceeded approximately 12.5 billion yen, and the fourth film, " Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final, " released on April 23, 2021, was requested to close movie theaters due to the new coronavirus. Despite being hit hard by this, sales exceeded 3.4 billion yen (as of June 7, 2021). When the fifth installment, ``Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter: The Beginning,'' was released on June 4, 2021, it dominated the 1st and 2nd place in the attendance ranking for that week. It has been a huge success both in name and reality.

After 10 years since the start of production, the live-action movie series "Rurouni Kenshin" has finally been completed. This time, we will deliver a long review that covers all five works. By the way, in chronological order

5th work: “Rurouni Kenshin Final Chapter The Beginning”

1st work: “ Rurouni Kenshin ”

2nd work: “ Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Inferno ”

3rd work: " Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend's End "

4th work: “Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final”

The fifth installment, ``Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Chapter: The Beginning,'' depicts the era of the hitokiri of the main character, Kenshin Himura. In addition, the character En Yukishiro who appears in this work has grown up and is structured to stand as an enemy in the fourth work "Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part I - The Final", and in "Rurouni Kenshin The Final Chapter The Beginning" Kenshin's cross wound It can be said that the story is related to the entire series, as the mystery and the reason why he aspired to become ``non-killing'' are also revealed. In Ken Sato's words, the main feature is that it is a circular series, a ``circular story.''

Perfect design for the character Kenshin Himura