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Following its massive opening in Japan last week where it grossed 50 percent higher than Kyoto Inferno, Warner Bros. Pictures’ Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends is now screening in Philippine cinemas to fulfill a promise to loyal fans of back-to-back bows of the twin sequels.

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A young, fencing mistress devoted to a reformed assassin. A beautiful healer making amends for her past.

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Takeru Satoh reprises his character as Kenshin in “Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends.”

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Before finding fame and success with the Rurouni Kenshin film franchise, recent Manila-visitor director Keishi Otomo paid his dues studying scriptwriting and directing in Los Angeles.

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Kaoru, Megumi and Yumi, the strong women characters who make their mark in Warner Bros.' “Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends,” the final chapter to director Keishi Otomo's blockbuster “Rurouni Kenshin” trilogy.

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The release of Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno last week was about as big a deal as the well-attended premiere, wherein the stars of the Japanese film actually flew in to Manila and met hordes of fans. For someone unfamiliar with the series, it must seem puzzling. Kyoto Inferno is actually a sequel, and part two of a trilogy — the first film, Rurouni Kenshin, had a rather limited release in 2012 and selective fanfare.

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"Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno" topped the Philippine box-office with P42.61 million in five days, from its first day of screening last August 20 to 24.

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“First word pa lang (ng actors), humihiyaw na lahat,” was how program host Sam Oh described the audience during the Manila press conference for the Japanese movie “Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno.”.

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Even with the reported $60M global box-office gross of the first Rurouni Kenshin film and the knowledge that it broke records for an Asian film released in the Philippines, the Japanese lead cast and director of the trilogy adaptation of the manga comic of the same title were still caught by surprise at the level of fandom that greeted them at the red-carpet premiere of the sequel Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno at SM Megamall last Wednesday.

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The stars of “Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno” thanked their Filipino fans during the movie's Manila red carpet premiere at the SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, August 6.

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A young, fencing mistress devoted to a reformed assassin. A beautiful healer making amends for her past.

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Takeru Satoh reprises his character as Kenshin in “Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends.”

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Before finding fame and success with the Rurouni Kenshin film franchise, recent Manila-visitor director Keishi Otomo paid his dues studying scriptwriting and directing in Los Angeles.

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Kaoru, Megumi and Yumi, the strong women characters who make their mark in Warner Bros.' “Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends,” the final chapter to director Keishi Otomo's blockbuster “Rurouni Kenshin” trilogy.

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"Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno" topped the Philippine box-office with P42.61 million in five days, from its first day of screening last August 20 to 24.

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“First word pa lang (ng actors), humihiyaw na lahat,” was how program host Sam Oh described the audience during the Manila press conference for the Japanese movie “Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno.”.

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