The bandaged villain, Shishio strikes an evil pose And thanks to the success of the first film, it pushed the studios to create the one story arc that truly mattered in franchise: The Shishio Arc. Perhaps that’s the reason why the studios didn’t commit to a full-on ‘trilogy’ right off-the-bat? In any case I don’t think they were ready for how well the movie was received locally and internationally.
Sure we get a great cast of actors filling in the roles of Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh), Sanosuke Sagara (Munetaka Aoki ), Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei), Megumi Takani (Yu Aoi), Hajime Saito (Yosuke Eguchi ) and Yahiko Myojin (Taketo Tanaka who was replaced by Kaito Ohyagi for the 2nd and 3rd film) a decent enough script, and an amazing treatment for the swordplay, but the first movie felt too “safe” and predictable even with the changes in canon. While the first movie is a great step in adapting the manga (or anime) into live-action territory, it felt more of a ‘proof-of-concept’ than anything. This is the Kenshin movie that we’ve all been waiting for. The Bad: Cliffhanger-ending, but then it’s not that bad when the next film opens next month! 😀
The Good: Damn good story arc, great pacing and the action, man…THE ACTION!
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