Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
2012PG-132h 14m7.5 / 10
The journey begins.
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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Synopsis
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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Cast
Takeru SatohKenshin Himura
Emi TakeiKaoru Kamiya
Koji KikkawaUdo Jine
Yu AoiMegumi Takani
Munetaka AokiSanosuke Sagara
Go AyanoGein
Genki SudoBanjin Inui
Taketo TanakaYahiko MyojinCredits
- Directed by
- Keishi Otomo
- Written by
- Kiyomi Fujii, Keishi Otomo
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- るろうに剣心
- Collection
- Rurouni Kenshin Collection
- Box office
- $61.7M
Production
- Studio SwanJapan
- ROCKWORKSJapan
C&I entertainmentJapan- IMJ EntertainmentJapan
Amuse Soft EntertainmentJapan
Warner Bros. JapanJapan
Themes
19th centuryamusedassassinbakumatsubased on mangaboshin warishin shishijapan
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