{"id":21345,"date":"2014-08-09T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T09:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=21345"},"modified":"2014-08-09T16:55:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T08:55:07","slug":"stars-of-hit-action-movie-rurouni-kenshin-kyoto-inferno-in-manila-for-films-asia-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/09\/stars-of-hit-action-movie-rurouni-kenshin-kyoto-inferno-in-manila-for-films-asia-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars of hit action movie \u2018Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno\u2019 in Manila for film\u2019s Asia premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Movie poster of Rurouni Kenshin. Photo from halcyonrealms.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA,\u00a0Philippines\u2014Japanese lead actor Takeru Satoh of the hit movie \u201cRurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno\u201d thanked\u00a0Filipino\u00a0fans Thursday for a warm welcome, saying he hopes the film will pave the way for more Japanese movies to be shown in the\u00a0Philippines.<\/p>\n

The stars and director of the movie travelled to the\u00a0Philippines\u00a0for the film\u2019s Asian premiere on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Satoh said it was difficult to think of what film to make next. But he said he hopes to \u201ccreate some great movies\u201d again with Keishi Otomo, director of the Kenshin trilogy.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night,\u00a0Filipino\u00a0fans loudly cheered Satoh, actress Emi Takei, actor Munetaka Aoki and Otomo as they arrived on the red carpet before the screening at SM Megamall.<\/p>\n

Satoh told a news conference Thursday that the movie about Kenshin Himura, a legendary assassin turned conflicted hero during Japan\u2019s Meiji era, may have appealed to\u00a0Filipino\u00a0and other Asian fans because action movies have \u201cone language, everyone can appreciate it.\u201d But he said the movie also shows the intricacies of Japanese culture in hopes that people will appreciate and understand them.<\/p>\n

Satoh, who practiced three months prior to shooting his intense sword-fighting scenes, said he was injured many times during the filming. Aoki said he lost a tooth but did not mind it.<\/p>\n

The fast-action film by Warner Bros. Japan begins its regular run in the country on Aug. 20. It is the first of a two-part finale of the franchise based on the hit Japanese comic, or manga, called Rurouni Kenshin.<\/p>\n

The action and drama film is about a once-feared swordsman during the turbulent fall of Japan\u2019s shogunate in the 19th century who adopts a peaceful life after the arrival of Japan\u2019s \u201cnew age.\u201d It has captivated fans in the Philippines\u00a0and other parts of Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA,\u00a0Philippines\u2014Japanese lead actor Takeru Satoh of the hit movie \u201cRurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno\u201d thanked\u00a0Filipino\u00a0fans Thursday for a warm welcome, saying …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","mauthors-teresa-cerojano","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}