Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

Name: Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Released: 2012
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Koji Kikkawa, Yu Aoi, Munetaka Aoki

• 134 min

7.5

The Journey Begins.

Directed by: Keishi Otomo
Casting: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Koji Kikkawa, Yu Aoi, Munetaka Aoki, Go Ayano, Genki Sudo, Taketo Tanaka, Eiji Okuda, Yosuke Eguchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Kaoru Hirata, Mei Nagano, Yusuke Hirayama, Motoki Fukami, Daisuke Honda, Kotaro Okamoto, Toshihiro Yashiba, Atsuko Anami, Motoki Ochiai, Ryôta Matsushima, Masataka Kubota, Ichirôta Miyakawa, Ryuhei Higashiyama, Masashi Arifuku, Yuta Kuba
Countries: Japan
Premiere: 2012-08-25
Status: Released

Tags: japan, assassin, samurai, based on manga, jidaigeki, shinsengumi, 19th century, meiji period, bakumatsu, ishin shishi

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.