Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

7.5/10 • 134 min • Action Adventure Fantasy War History

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.

Cast

Takeru Satoh

Kenshin Himura

Emi Takei

Kaoru Kamiya

Koji Kikkawa

Udo Jine

Yu Aoi

Megumi Takani

Munetaka Aoki

Sanosuke Sagara

Go Ayano

Gein

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

Daisuke Honda

Kodama

Toshihiro Yashiba

Kubo's Husband

Atsuko Anami

Kubo's Wife

Motoki Ochiai

Mizushima

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