Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

The journey begins.

Part of Rurouni Kenshin Collection

2012•2h 14m•7.5/10

AdventureActionFantasyWarHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(885)

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

Open in PickFlick

Production

Studio Swan, ROCKWORKS, C&I entertainment, IMJ Entertainment, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Warner Bros. Japan, GAGA Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Takeru Satoh

Takeru Satoh

Kenshin Himura

Emi Takei

Emi Takei

Kaoru Kamiya

Koji Kikkawa

Koji Kikkawa

Udo Jine

Yu Aoi

Yu Aoi

Megumi Takani

Munetaka Aoki

Munetaka Aoki

Sanosuke Sagara

Go Ayano

Go Ayano

Gein

Genki Sudo

Genki Sudo

Banjin Inui

Taketo Tanaka

Taketo Tanaka

Yahiko Myojin

Eiji Okuda

Eiji Okuda

Aritomo Yamagata

Yosuke Eguchi

Yosuke Eguchi

Hajime Saito

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Kanryu Takeda

Kaoru Hirata

Kaoru Hirata

Tae Sekihara

Mei Nagano

Mei Nagano

Tsubame Sanjo

Yusuke Hirayama

Yusuke Hirayama

Older Brother

Motoki Fukami

Motoki Fukami

Younger Brother

Daisuke Honda

Daisuke Honda

Kodama

Kotaro Okamoto

Kikuchi

Toshihiro Yashiba

Toshihiro Yashiba

Kubo's Husband

Atsuko Anami

Atsuko Anami

Kubo's Wife

Motoki Ochiai

Motoki Ochiai

Mizushima

Recommended

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.

Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno

2014

7.6

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

2014

7.7

Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots

Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword to fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.

Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots

1997

7.2

HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis

HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis

News about the disappearance of panties is still being covered every day. Kyosuke still wears Aiko Completo's panties to battle evil. Meanwhile, Aiko has mixed emotions and decides to get her panties back. Kyosuke suffers from the loss of Aiko's panties and disappears, but his biggest enemy yet is about to materialise.

HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis

2016

6.3

Yakuza Apocalypse

Yakuza Apocalypse

When young protege Akira Kageyama is bitten by his dying vampire boss, Genyo Kamiura, he must get used to his new powers before seeking revenge.

Yakuza Apocalypse

2015

6.0

Air Bud: Spikes Back

Air Bud: Spikes Back

Air Bud finds that he has the uncanny ability to play volleyball.

Air Bud: Spikes Back

2003

5.3

BECK

BECK

Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.

BECK

2010

6.5

Untold: Shooting Guards

Untold: Shooting Guards

What really went down between Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton? This exposé unpacks how a gambling dispute led to guns drawn in an NBA locker room.

Untold: Shooting Guards

2025

6.5

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

The Canterbury Tales

1972

6.1

Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin

Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin

Jackie Chan stars as the young warrior Hsu Yiu Fong. Hsu has been entrusted with the book of the "Art of the Snake and Crane," after the mysterious disappearance of the eight Shaolin Masters who had written it. He must fight off numerous clans who are all attempting to steal the book from him, to find out the true reason for the disappearance of the Shaolin Masters.

Snake & Crane Arts of Shaolin

1978

6.6

Boarding Gate

Boarding Gate

A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has been sent to kill him at the behest of her boyfriend/crime partner, Lester. Controlling all this is Sue, Lester's wife.

Boarding Gate

2007

5.0

Satan's Triangle

Satan's Triangle

The female survivor of a shipwreck and two Coast Guard helicopter pilots sent to rescue her find themselves trapped in a mysterious part of the ocean known as Satan's Triangle.

Satan's Triangle

1975

5.4

Similar Movies

Neo Faust

Neo Faust

Short anime adaption of the Osamu Tezuka manga Neo Faust.

Neo Faust

1999

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

2003

7.2

The Karate Kid Part II

The Karate Kid Part II

Summoned by his dying father, Miyagi returns to his homeland of Okinawa, with Daniel, after a 40-year exile. There he must confront Yukie, the love of his youth, and Sato, his former best friend turned vengeful rival. Sato is bent on a fight to the death, even if it means the destruction of their village. Daniel finds his own love in Yukia's niece, Kumiko, and his own enemy in Sato's nephew, the vicious Chozen. Now, far away from the tournaments, cheering crowds and safety of home, Daniel will face his greatest challenge ever when the cost of honor is life itself.

The Karate Kid Part II

1986

6.3

Flame & Citron

Flame & Citron

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.

Flame & Citron

2008

6.8

The Killer from China

The Killer from China

An honorable assassin from the Mainland arrives in Hong Kong on an assignment to blow gaping holes in the unlucky members of a Triad gang.

The Killer from China

1991

Timecop

Timecop

In 2004, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

Timecop

1994

6.0

Conspiracy Theory

Conspiracy Theory

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

Conspiracy Theory

1997

6.6

Mercury Rising

Mercury Rising

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

Mercury Rising

1998

6.3

Shanghai Noon

Shanghai Noon

Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.

Shanghai Noon

2000

6.4

F/X

F/X

A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.

F/X

1986

6.6

Samurai Hustle

Samurai Hustle

During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.

Samurai Hustle

2014

6.8

Kaiji: Final Game

Kaiji: Final Game

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything he, or most people, have experienced. The adventure is not without risk and danger however. He is given four games, which are challenges, and include life and death situations. The film follows its prequels and things will get both mental and physical.

Kaiji: Final Game

2020

6.9