Mackenyu Arata is known for his “method-acting”. During the filming of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure he was fully commited to his role as Okuyasu Nijimura, he even surprised the press by responding as Okuyasu during the movie’s press coverage.
This time, at the filming location of Rurouni Kenshin: The Final in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, we witness how he would occasionally bit a towel in between his mouth and screamed his lungs out in order to crush his throat and produce a menacing voice for his role as Enishi. There were many other efforts he did that showed how deeply committed he is in his role.
Director Otomo Keishi commented on Mackenyu’s physicality. “Mackenyu’s action is big and accurate, it’s very attractive. Moreover, his mind-body connection is very strong. He may have an action background from the start, but even so, this not a role that only requires that, it also demands other difficult ability. In his case, he was able to enter his character correctly by always asking things like, ‘Does this look like Enishi?’ or ‘Am I fighting like Enishi?’ He is very humble in action scenes. He is as straightforward as his personality, and he performed beautiful action stunts. Although his character’s main arc is his overflowing hatred for Kenshin, we can also highlight his clean swordplay performance."
“I thought this role would demonstrate his sensational action skills and physicality, but he is also capable of delicate acting as well. In a scene where he stands alone and lost in his feelings for his sister, aside from his beautiful posture, he was able to fully embody the instability of Enishi as well.”
Kenshin/Sato is in a position to accept and stand against Enishi’s strength, that originated from his hatred. He is forced to confront his former self, by fighting Enishi in the present. Anger, sadness, suffering, regret, the emotions that were emitted in each scenes must be expressed accurately in order to convey the depth of those emotions to the viewers. Sato is challenged with the most difficult multi-layered performance in the 10-year history of Rurouni Kenshin.
“Takeru Sato/Kenshin was determined to accept Mackenyu Arata/Enishi’s sword attacks. You can feel that emotion with every movement and every word,” said Otomo Keishi.
“I exchanged ideas with Takeru until the last minute. We suggested what we think needs to be added to the dialogue. Then Mackenyu would also propose, ‘I want to move like this in this scene.’ We accept their ideas and their interpretation of their roles as much as possible and use them during shooting, we received comments from everyone that it was a good fight,” director Otomo said while smiling with confidence.
The cast ideas and passion were merged with the staff in completing an exceptional fighting scene.
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