Rurouni Kenshin
Sunday, July 14 at 2:30 pm
333 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017
**New York Premiere, Co-presented with NYAFF
Japan. 2012. 134 min. 35 mm, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Keishi Otomo. With Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Koji Kikkawa, Yu Aoi, Munetaka Aoki.
Japan’s number one box office hit of the year—and one hell of a sword fight movie—this live action adaptation of a manga about a Meiji era assassin who leaves his life behind to become a protector of the common people. The story has sold 55 million copies as a manga and spawned several wildly popular animated adaptations.