Three new cast-members for the 2012 live-action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki‘s Rurouni Kenshin samurai manga were announced on Tuesday. Previously announced 22-year-old actor Takeru Sato (Kamen Rider Den-O, Rookies, Beck) pictured above is cast as main character, Kenshin.
New cast-members:
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| Teruyuki Kagawa (From Up on Poppy Hill, 20th Century Boys) as Kanryū Takeda | Kouji Kikkawa (Let’s Dance With Papa) as Jine Udō | Yosuke Eguchi (Shonan Bakusozoku, Tokyo Love Story) as Hajime Saitō |
Other previously announced cast:
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| Emi Takei (17) will play the heroine Kaoru Kamiya | Yuu Aoi (26) (Hana and Alice, Honey and Clover) as Takani Megumi | Munetaka Aoki (31) (The Last Message Umizaru, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) as Sanosuke Sagara | Taketo Tanaka (11) will play Yahiko Myojin |
Keishi Otomo is directing this first live-action adaptation of the famous samurai manga.
The Sankei Sports newspaper reported that the staff aims to release the film internationally and eventually make a series. Warner Brothers Pictures Japan is producing the film with its president William Ireton, and shooting began in July. Studio Swan (Paradise Kiss) is in charge of the actual film production.
Source: natalie
