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RUROUNI KENSHIN 3 THE LEGEND ENDS: Check Out This UK Artwork
Warner Bros UK should be commended for bringing the sword swinging action in the Rurouni Kenshin live action films to cinemas in the island nation. They have faithfully brought the first two fims and the trilogy will be complete when...
Japan Film Festival 2014 Interview: Director Keishi Otomo On The KENSHIN Trilogy
The Kenshin trilogy played in Melbourne at the Japan Film Festival on the weekend.These glorious action spectacles enamored a sold out crowd with back-to-back screenings. The fan power was in full force and all three films equally impressed.Here are...
RUROUNI KENSHIN: THE LEGEND ENDS. Watch The Stellar New Trailer For The Epic Finale.
The live action adaptations of hugely popular manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin have been positively tearing up the Japanese box office charts and it's not hard at all to see why. Ohtomo Keishi's first installment - released in 2012...
RUROUNI KENSHIN: KYOTO INFERNO Releases Major Extended Preview Before International Premiere At Fantasia
An enormously popular manga comic and anime, Rurouni Kenshin is such a successful franchise, that it was hardly a surprise when someone made it into a live action film. What WAS a pleasant surprise though, was how good the film...
Exciting Full Trailer For Live-Action RUROUNI KENSHIN Sequels Arrives!
The full trailer has been unveiled for the sequels to the successful live action adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin, one of the most popular anime and manga series ever. Titled Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno and Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends, the new...
New RUROUNI KENSHIN: KYOTO INFERNO Trailer: Blades Flash Aplenty
A new teaser for manga-to-film swordplay epic Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno has popped up. Fans of the first film will not be disappointed. Fans of Fujiwara Tatsuya may be, though, as he is unrecognizable in his Shishio make-up. Pity. Such...
Exciting First Teaser For Live-Action RUROUNI KENSHIN Sequels Arrives!
Rurouni Kenshin, one of the most popular anime and manga series ever, was adapted into a live action feature film last year. With the success of the film, both critically and commercially, two sequels went into production this year. The new...
THE WHITE STORM And SNOWPIERCER Bookend Hong Kong Asian Film Fest
The full line-up for this year's Hong Kong Asian Film Festival has just been unveiled and it looks to be an incredibly strong year, bookended by two of the region's most hotly-anticipated thrillers. Opening the festival on 25 October is...
TIFF 2013 Review: Kurosawa's REAL Is A Bland Disappointment
Acclaimed Japanese director Kurosawa Kiyoshi - a great favorite around these parts - ends a five year absence from feature films with 2013 effort Real, the story of a young man granted the opportunity via high technology to project his...
Lund 2013: THE WORLD'S END Leads First Wave Of Titles!
As we enter the Fall season there are a number of festivals that we like to keep an eye on. The Lund International Fantastic Film Festival out of Lund, Sweden, just happens to be one of them. LIFFF happens to...
Dante Lam's UNBEATABLE To Open Hong Kong's Summer IFF 2013
Dante Lam's eagerly awaited mixed martial arts drama, Unbeatable, will have its domestic debut on 13 August, when it opens this year's Hong Kong Summer International Film Festival. Previously entitled MMA, the film stars Nick Cheung and Eddie Peng, and...
Live Action RUROUNI KENSHIN To Become A Trilogy
Rurouni Kenshin, one of the most popular anime and manga series ever, had its successful adaptation into a live action feature film last year. The film directed by Ōtomo Keishi, which opened in Japan last August, was a critical and...
Kurosawa Kiyoshi Spills Details On His SciFi Picture REAL
Director Kurosawa Kiyoshi has been a force in Japanese cinema since the release of Cure in 1997 and the subsequent international success that followed. Following his breakout film Kurosawa made something of a name for himself within the J-horror genre...
Kurosawa Creates Worlds In Full REAL Trailer
After four years away from feature films - though he did helm the excellent television miniseries Penance last year - Kurosawa Kiyoshi returns to Japanese screens this summer with scifi drama Real (aka A Perfect Day For Plesiosaur). The first...
Now on Blu-ray in Australia: RUROUNI KENSHIN Is Amazing
Rurouni Kenshin basically defied all expectations and exploded onto screens as one of the most exciting, vibrant and fresh anime live-action visions ever. We reviewed it at Sitges film festival last year, and our correspondent Guillem had nothing but good...
Kurosawa's REAL Brings Minds Together In Lightning-Fast First Trailer
Bam! Zoom! Mind meld! The first teaser for Kurosawa Kiyoshi's Real (formerly known as A Perfect Day For Plesiosaur) may not not have any English subtitles, but it still got me plenty excited. Set for theatrical release in Japan on...
Kurosawa's A PERFECT DAY FOR PLESIOSAUR Retitled REAL, Set For June Release
Fans of Kurosawa Kiyoshi, take note. The acclaimed Japanese director's next has landed itself a far more straightforward international title - switching from the cumbersome A Perfect Day For Plesiosaur to Real - and a June 1, 2013 release date...
Sitges 2012 Review: RUROUNI KENSHIN Is A Pleasant Surprise
When I learned that the live-action film based on Rurouni Kenshin was selected for screening on Sitges I was pleasantly surprised. The timing couldn't be better, as I had finished reading the original manga just a couple of weeks ago...
Second Live Action RUROUNI KENSHIN Trailer
[UPDATE: Added HD version of the trailer.]One of the most popular anime and manga series ever, Rurouni Kenshin - aka Samurai X - makes the leap to the big screen with a live action feature film releasing in Japan August...
Watch The Awesome New Trailer For RUROUNI KENSHIN In HD!
[UPDATE: Added English-subtitled version of the trailer.]Keishi Otomo's much anticipated live action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki's samurai manga RUROUNI KENSHIN (SAMURAI X) will be opening on Japanese screens on August 25. The teaser that was previously released looked solid, and...
