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Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Film's Teaser Streamed
posted on by Egan Loo
On Friday, Warner Brothers Japan began streaming the 40-second teaser trailer for the live-action film adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin manga on its Yahoo! Japan channel.
Keishi Ōtomo is directing this samurai film starring 22-year-old actor Takeru Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O, Rookies, Beck, Ryōmaden) as the titular character. 17-year-old actress Emi Takei plays the heroine Kaoru Kamiya. Yū Aoi (Hana and Alice, Honey and Clover) plays Megumi Takani, Munetaka Aoki (The Last Message Umizaru, live-action The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) plays Sanosuke Sagara, and Taketo Tanaka plays Yahiko Myōjin. Kouji Kikkawa (Let's Dance With Papa) as Jine Udō, Yōsuke Eguchi (Shōnan Bakusōzoku, Tokyo Love Story) as Hajime Saitō, and Teruyuki Kagawa (From Up On Poppy Hill, 20th Century Boys) as Kanryū Takeda round out the cast.
The film will open in Japan on August 25, 2012.
[Via Jefusion, Shouji Café, La Ventana de Saouri 2.0, Crunchyroll]
