Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Overview
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-08-25
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Action, Fantasy, War, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Studio Swan, ROCKWORKS, C&I entertainment, IMJ Entertainment, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Warner Bros. Japan, GAGA Corporation
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura
- Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya
- Koji Kikkawa as Udo Jine
- Yu Aoi as Megumi Takani
- Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara
- Go Ayano as Gein
- Genki Sudo as Banjin Inui
- Taketo Tanaka as Yahiko Myojin
- Eiji Okuda as Aritomo Yamagata
- Yosuke Eguchi as Hajime Saito
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Kanryu Takeda
- Kaoru Hirata as Tae Sekihara
Crew
- Keishi Otomo - Director
- Kiyomi Fujii - Screenplay
- Keishi Otomo - Screenplay
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