(My apologies for the uber lateness of this, but I was, quite honestly, lazy and caught up with other things to actually continue what I started. Ba humbug)
December 2012.
It's not very often that Japanese movies get shown here in the Philippines, so when SM Cinemas managed to get ahold of the Rurouni Kenshin live action movie (with awesome petitions from Filipino fans!), there was no time to waste when getting tickets were involved.
The initial showdates spanned about a week, so watching the movie within that time seemed to be an absolute must or dare to waste seeing your childhood come to life on stage. Considering this too had been part of our childhood, Kai and I were among the many fans who would stop at nothing to ensure that we had seats.
Amuse Philippines, a fangroup of the Japanese group Amuse (agency of the lead actor Sato Takeru) made arrangements to do block screenings for the weekend showing at SM North Edsa. We immediately jumped at the opportunity and made our reservations. After I made the necessary bank deposits, disaster struck.
Early that week, Kai had gotten into an accident that, put it simply, rendered her unable to walk and had to use crutches for almost a month after that. This meant that we wouldn't be able to make the Saturday showing we had reserved for. We ended up giving the tickets up to our friends while I spent Saturday keeping her company.
When Sunday came along, she had insisted to go and watch it, against my better judgement. Needless to say, I purchased our tickets on SM Cinema's website, and we went on our way (one of the few times I brought the car) to SM Marikina.
Not surprisingly, it was everything we expected and more. The action was breathtaking, the fight choreography was orchestrated brilliantly, and the actors were spot on to the dot of the I. Their portrayals spoke volumes of what the manga started off with, and Sato Takeru, the actor for our favorite Himura Kenshin/Battousai embodied the character to perfection.
It was full of comedy and action just as the original work from the manga to the anime depicted, and watching and experiencing it in its raw, Japanese form was perhaps the best part of it all.
Kai and I were happy campers and it was well worth the trip... if it wasn't such a hit and the showdates extended for about two extra weeks. (xD)
But I give a toast out to our collaborative effort to bring Rurouni Kenshin to the Philippines, and here's to hoping for future titles to come to our islands in the South East.
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