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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Movie
2012
2h 14m
PG-13
Japanese
Adventure, Action, Fantasy, War, History
User Score: 
7.6
Critic Score: 
79
Rurouni Kenshin Part I Origins' Poster
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
Rurouni Kenshin Part I Origins Poster

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

PG-13
Movie
2012
2h 14m
Japanese
Adventure, Action, Fantasy, War, History
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.6
IMDB
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
79

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Takeru Satoh
Kenshin Himura
Emi Takei
Kaoru Kamiya
Koji Kikkawa
Udo Jine
Yu Aoi
Megumi Takani
Munetaka Aoki
Sanosuke Sagara
Genki Sudo
Banjin Inui
Taketo Tanaka
Yahiko Myojin
Eiji Okuda
Aritomo Yamagata
Yosuke Eguchi
Hajime Saito
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kanryu Takeda
Kaoru Hirata
Tae Sekihara
Mei Nagano
Tsubame Sanjo
Yusuke Hirayama
Older Brother
Motoki Fukami
Younger Brother
Toshihiro Yashiba
Kubo's Husband
Atsuko Anami
Kubo's Wife
Motoki Ochiai
Mizushima
Masataka Kubota
Akira Kiyosato
Ichirta Miyakawa
Kogoro Katsura
Masashi Arifuku
Oriental Doctor
Directed By: Keishi Otomo
Written By: Keishi Otomo (Screenplay), Nobuhiro Watsuki (Novel), + 1 more

Featured Comments/Tips

milkhoneytea says...
10 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...
12 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  7 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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