Kenshin tries desperately to walk away from his past, but he is unceasingly haunted by the curse of his transgressions. It’s a scene that rings with profound significance well into Kyoto Inferno. The shot lingers, if only for an uneasy split-second, and though Kenshin has long disappeared into the background, it’s only his sword we see. Kenshin eventually leaves his sword behind, but its hilt remains sharply in focus. The camera is set low, establishing Kenshin’s dominance over the sword. In the opening scene of the first Rurouni Kenshin film, Kenshin stabs the blade of his sword into the ground, signifying the end of his days as a heartless killer. VIDEO: Watch Rappler’s spoiler-free 3-on-1 interview with Kenshin stars Despite finding peace alongside his newfound friends Kaoru, Sanosuke (Munetaka Aoki) Megumi (Yu Aoi) and Myojin (Kaito Ōyagi), Kenshin is once again asked to take up his sword when the renegade assassin Makoto Shishio (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is found to be amassing an army to overthrow the government. In Kyoto Inferno, Kenshin is once again at odds with his own bloodless vow. Like Kenshin, director and co-writer Keishi Otomo has a promise to keep to its fans, and by the looks of Kyoto Inferno, he has no intention of breaking it. It strikes the remarkable balance between the fantastic and the credible, while successfully painting a world that feels much larger than what’s on screen.īased on the popular manga Rurouni Kenshin (known also by its Western name Samurai X), Kyoto Inferno has more than just a handful of fans eagerly anticipating its release. It’s a film characterized by action but brought to life by character.
Kyoto Inferno, as with the first Rurouni Kenshin film, has the blood of a modern epic running through its veins. Though the film sags in parts, Kyoto Inferno never strays too far away from the path set by its main character, Kenshin. ‘THE FRIEND WHO LIVES INSIDE ME.’ What ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ actors think of their characters
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