I’ve always been an AVID activist of letting the origin of a work be recreated by that same origin. A book is based in New York filled with Americans; let the Americans handle the film adaptation. If a mini-series about a first woman ruler of Silla was created by the Koreans, let them handle the film adaptation. If Bollywood wants to make a movie version of Saathiya Saath Nibhana, let the Indians make that damn movie. My case is proved infinitively by the Rurouni Kenshin live action film adaptation.
Rurouni Kenshin is a 2012 Japanese film adaptation of Rurouni Kenshin based on Nobuhiro Watsuki‘s popular manga of the same name. Directed by Keishi Ōtomo, the film stars Takeru Sato and Emi Takei.(via Wikipedia). It was released in August of 2012 and I, by the grace of God, was able to find a subbed version of it on January 24th, 2013.
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