Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins(2012)

FUNimation Entertainment

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2h 14m

Release Date: Aug 25, 2012

A former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested.

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Original Release | Aug 25, 2012

2016 Re-release | Aug 8, 2016

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Director & Top Cast

Keishi Otomo
Director

Keishi Otomo

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

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Country of Origin: Japan

Language: Japanese

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In 1868, after the end of the Bakumatsu war, the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those in need without killing. Kenshin wanders through Japan with a reverse-edged sword during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium, Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the school. But the drug chemist Megumi Takani escapes from Kanryuu and seeks shelter in the school. Meanwhile the killer Battosai is murdering police officers and leaving messages attached to their bodies. When Kanryuu poisons the population to get the school, Kenshin and the street fighter Sanosuke Sagara join forces to attack their common enemy. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura ('Takeru Sato') has now become a wandering samurai. Offerring aid and protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya ( Emi Takei ). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their relationship develops further, but Kenshin is still haunted by his violent past. — AsianWiki Kenshin Himura was an assassin for the Imperial side during the war that ended the Shogunate and installed the Meiji government. After killing countless people, he made a vow to never kill again. Ten years later, he finds a home at a failing dojo, only to be caught up in a string of murders related to an opium ring. His commitment to never taking a life is put to the test as the people he's come to care about are threatened by figures from his past. — Tyler Herbolsheimer