“Mackenyu Arata should be a
World-Class Actor.”
―Tatsuya Fujiwara who played Makoto Shishio in the previous work had an overwhelming presence, but this time, the relationship portrayed by Mackenyu Arata leaves a strong impression. Please tell us the deciding factor for casting Mackenyu Arata. I met Macken around 2017, as soon as this project started to move. It was more than a year before shooting, but I was immediately infatuated by him at the first sight. Her eyes are clean and he has a strong core. He’s determined and effortful in his performance. Moreover, he is fresh. He has lived abroad and has acting talent. Right after we met, I told the producer, "He’s ‘the one’. I’ve made my mind," and we cast him instantly.
―How was Mackenyu Arata during filming? The action performance demanded by our team in Rurouni Kenshin is quite high, but he could follow it easily. He said this was the hardest shoot he ever did in his life (laughs). Moreover, he has the expressive power of a delicate acting ability. There are people who is good at one of them, but there are only few people who can do both (action and delicate acting).
Korean actors are popular all over the world these days because they can compete with Western actors with their physique. Macken also has a body comparable to that, is a brilliant actor, and has high physical ability. For the first time in a long while, I saw someone who could become a world-class actor.
―From the opening, Mackenyu Arata's action is fully displayed already.
This is to showcase the greatness of Macken. When we first met, I told Macken, "I'll prepare the stage for your first action debut, so don't show your abilities elsewhere yet before this movie comes out." He also chose this work as his first stage to show off his action, and until then he had waited and held himself back. However, since the release of this work has been postponed, "Brave: Gunjo Senki" was released first. He showed all his physical potential in this work.
―The decisive battle between Kenshin and Enishi was not only about action spectacle, but also the expression of an internal conflict, and it was spectacular. Kenshin never kills, even when people came to kill him. While accepting the thoughts of his opponent with the sakabato, which is his eternal vow to never kill, he have been fighting by swinging the sakabato to seek his own redemption. The greater the existence of Enishi played by Macken, the greater the swordsmanship that he has to accepts in proportion to it. In other words, the key man this time was Macken. Everyone knows that Takeru who played Kenshin is really amazing. So this time, I’m focusing on Macken. Macken was great not only in his action performance but also in acting.
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