Fil-Jap to star in second installment of 'Samurai X' movie

Filipina-Japanese actress Maryjun Takahashi will be starring in “Rurouni Kenshin: The Great Kyoto Fire” to be released in August this year according to a post on a Facebook fanpage citing the movie's official site.

Takahashi will portray Yumi Komagata, the lover of Shishio Makoto who is the main antagonist of the film.

In the "Rurouni Kenshin" anime known to many as "Samurai X," Yumi Komagata is depicted as a slender vixen who fell madly in love with Shishio's cunning and ambition to rule Japan.

As a loyal aide she reports the movements of other Juppongatana members, a group of ten powerful swordsmen assembled from all over Japan and led by Shishio.

According to fans of the anime series, the movie will most probably tackle Kenshin Himura's quest to stop the Juppongatana from overthrowing the Meiji government through a violent coup d'etat.

As a double treat for fans, the page also posted an announcement of a third installment of the film entitled “Rurouni Kenshin: The End of a Legend” which will premiere on September 13, 2014. — Andrei Medina /LBG, GMA News