Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Movie

2012

2h 14m

PG-13

Japanese

Adventure, Action, Fantasy, War, History

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7.6

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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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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

PG-13

Movie

2012

2h 14m

Japanese

Adventure, Action, Fantasy, War, History

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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

Kenshin Himura

Kaoru Kamiya

Udo Jine

Megumi Takani

Sanosuke Sagara

Gein

Banjin Inui

Yahiko Myojin

Aritomo Yamagata

Hajime Saito

Kanryu Takeda

Tae Sekihara

Tsubame Sanjo

Older Brother

Younger Brother

Kodama

Kikuchi

Kubo's Husband

Kubo's Wife

Mizushima

Akira Kiyosato

Kogoro Katsura

Soldier 4

Oriental Doctor

Directed By: Keishi Otomo

Written By: Kiyomi Fujii (Screenplay), Keishi Otomo (Screenplay), + 1 more

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milkhoneytea says...

9 years ago

I love the adaptation of the characters, but not so much of the plot. It became slow and boring and as previously mentioned in another comment, kind of disconnected. You keep watching because the characters are very entertaining, and it was amazing how well they converted the fighting techniques from the anime and manga to live action. Very impressive!

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CuddleBear says...

10 years ago

i would say its a good movie but got a slow start. was starting to check the time remaining and i found out that i had an hour left of the movie. the last fights was really worth it tho. love the overacting of the characters and how their characters and voices and the music just fits perfectly together in many scenes. its a good watch IMO, cant wait for the next movie..... going to checkout the Anime for sure!

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amonghosts says...

11 years ago

Good movie, but I feel it should have been a little shorter. The choreography was totally insane!

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sp1ti says...

11 years ago

I would say the movie is a fairly good live-action adaptation of Kenshin altought it never steps above being a blockbuster. They went with a rewrite of the first arc where they leave out some characters like Aoshi which was a bummer. I'm not sure how much people can enjoy the movie without prior knowledge of the manga or the tv-show. Certainly feels like they made the movie for fans and that's fine by me. (btw: Live-action "Oro" does not translate well..)

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CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10 6 years ago

As manga adaptation usually go, this was not that bad. They managed to make a mix of several of the first story arcs without messing up too much with the characters. It still fells cramped though and a little forced, as if what was probably weeks in the manga is happening here in two days, which mak More

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