Rurouni Kenshin (2012)

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Movie
German title Rurouni Kenshin
Original title Rurōni Kenshin
Country of production Japan
original language Japanese
Publishing year 2012
length 134 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Keishi Ōtomo
script Keishi Ōtomo,
Kiyomi Fujii
production Shinzō Matsusashi
music Naoki Sato
camera Takuro Ishizaka
cut Tsuyoshi Imai
occupation
synchronization

Rurouni Kenshin is a Japanese feature film released in 2012 based on the manga of the same name . Directed by Keishi Ōtomo based on the script by Kiyomi Fujii .

The film opened in Japanese theaters on August 25, 2012. In Japanese theaters, the film generated $ 36.8 million in revenue, ranking 16th in the Japan Yearly Box Office . The film was released as direct-to-DVD in German-speaking countries . In total, the film grossed $ 61.7 million.

Two sequels came out in 2014 : Rurōni Kenshin: Kyōto Taika Hen ( る ろ う に 剣 心 京都 大火 編 ), arrived in Japan on August 1, and Rurōni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo Hen ( る ろ う に 剣 心 伝 説 の 最 期 編 ) came in on September 13 the cinemas

content

The film begins with a part of the Battle of Toba-Fushimi during the Boshin War , in which the samurai Battōsai ( Takeru Satō ), also known as the bare-drawn sword , takes part. After the declaration of the end of the war, through the victory of the imperial troops, Saitō Hajime ( Yōsuke Eguchi ) meets Battōsai and challenges him to fight. Battōsai does not accept the call to fight, but sinks his sword into the ground and leaves the site of the battle. The sword is picked up by a surviving soldier ( Kikkawa Kōji ).

After the battle, the film jumps ten years into the future to Tokyo of the year Meiji 11 . There, a murderer poses as Battōsai , who brings the dōjō of the kendo teacher Kaoru Kamiya ( Emi Takei ) into disrepute with his deeds. The deeds of the "new" Battōsai are being investigated by Saito Hajime, who joined the police force after the war .

As a gang of thugs who storm Oniwa Banshū , the dōjō and want to get Kaoru to sell the dōjō to them, the real Battōsai, who now calls himself Kenshin Himura or Rurouni Kenshin , appears. He fights the gang of thugs and forces them to retreat. The police, which arrived in the meantime, take Kenshin into custody and take him to prison. There Saito Hajime takes him out and asks him to help with the police. Kenshin rejects this request, but is released from prison anyway. He returns to the dōjō, and in thanks for the help against the Oniwa Banshū, Kaoru asks him to stay with her in the dōjō, where the orphan Yahiko Myōjin ( Taketo Tanaka ) also lives.

On her flight from the opium dealer Kanryū Takeda ( Teruyuki Kagawa ), doctor Megumi Takani ( Yū Aoi ) seeks help from the police. The fake Battōsai Jin-e , who had taken Battōsai's sword and is now in the service of Kanryū, pursues them and murders the inexperienced policemen. Megumi has to flee further, but gets help from Yahiko, who hides her in the dojo, initially without Kaoru's knowledge.

Kanryū tracks down Kenshin in a restaurant and offers him to work for him, which Kenshin refuses. Sanosuke Sagara , who saw Kenshin in prison, challenges him to a fight, which the latter also refuses to accept because he has renounced killing.

The well by the dojo is poisoned by one of Kanryū's men. Megumi then returns to Kanryū's estate to kill him, which fails. Kenshin and Sanosuke follow her. After some fighting against Kanryū's army, the two are threatened by Kanryū with a Gatling Gun . Since Yahiko has notified the police, Saitō comes to their aid. Kanryū and his men are eventually arrested. Megumi is freed only to learn that Jin-e kidnapped Kaoru.

It comes to the final fight between Kenshin and Jin-e, which Kenshin can win. Although Kenshin is ready to kill one last time to save Kaoru, she stops him. The kidnapper then judges himself.

The final scene shows Kaoru, Megumi, Yahiko, Sanosuke and Kenshin back in the dojo.

production

For the implementation of the film was filmed at ten locations in Japan ( Saga , Ōmihachiman , Ōtsu , Kyōto , Kurashiki , Tottori , Himeji , Ōmiya , Higashiōsaka , Ibaraki ). The film was in the 35 mm - film format in the aspect ratio 2.35: 1 ( Panavision filmed) and Dolby Digital was for the audio format selected.

synchronization

The German synchronization took place at Splendid Synchron in Cologne .

role actor German speakers
Kanryu Takeda Teruyuki Kagawa Gregor Höppner
Jinne Udo Kōji Kikkawa Tobias Brecklinghaus
Kaoru Kamiya Emi Takei Corinna Riegner
Kenshin Himura Takeru Sato René Dawn-Claude
Megumi Takani Yū Aoi Milena Karas
Sanosuke Sagara Munetaka Aoki Emmanuel Zimmermann

reception

For Chris Michael of The Guardian , “How often would you like to see this real-life version of a successful manga, shot on a large budget […]: The male actor is a pout-lipped androgynous , while the bad guy is portrayed as an affected opium-dealing dandy ? [...] and who is responsible for this diabolical comic music theme that ruins all the scenes? But behind the youthful storyline, a well-shot sword fighting spectacle emerges, supported by a scene quote from Munetaka Aoki in the form of Little-John- meets-Ryu-von- Street-Fighter-II - sidekick with an 8-foot sword. The kitchen fight is an ancient classic [...]. "

For Michael Kienzl from critic.de, the conclusion of the film is: “Such weaknesses can only be overlooked if one understands the film as the senseless spectacle that it is. But while minor characters like Kenshin's comrade Sanosuke (Munetaka Aoki) with his oversized sword or Kanryū, which is overdone for caricature with a concise middle parting and facial acrobatics, at least still has room for infantile gaga humor, the main storyline around the selfless hero suffers from being too serious to take. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Rurouni Kenshin . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2013 (PDF; test number: 138 068 V).
  2. ↑ Japan Yearly Box Office 2012. In: Japan Yearly Box Office. 2012, accessed January 16, 2014 .
  3. ^ Rurouni Kenshin Sequel Greenlit, North American Premiere Date Announced. In: ComicBookMovie. July 11, 2012, accessed January 16, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Rurôni Kenshin: The Great Fire Kyôto Arc. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
  5. ↑ / Rurôni Kenshin: The End of a Legend Arc in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  6. ↑ Actor: Filming of Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Sequels Halfway Done. In: Anime News Network . November 9, 2013, accessed January 14, 2014 .
  7. ↑ a b More characters in 'Rurouni Kenshin 2' unveiled. In: ABS-CBN . January 2, 2014, accessed January 15, 2014 .
  8. ↑ a b Rurouni Kenshin. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 15, 2014 .
  9. ↑ Chris Michael: Rurouni Kenshin - review . In: The Guardian . October 3, 2013 ( HTML [accessed January 16, 2014]).
  10. ↑ Michael Kienzl: Rurouni Kenshin. In: critic.de. April 27, 2013, accessed January 16, 2014 .