“The journey begins.”
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
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Part of Rurouni Kenshin Collection
5 films
Cast
26 people
Takeru Satoh
Kenshin Himura
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Emi Takei
Kaoru Kamiya
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Koji Kikkawa
Udo Jine
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Yu Aoi
Megumi Takani
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Munetaka Aoki
Sanosuke Sagara
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Go Ayano
Gein
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Genki Sudo
Banjin Inui
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Taketo Tanaka
Yahiko Myojin
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Last Samurai Standing
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Eiji Okuda
Aritomo Yamagata
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If Cats Disappeared from the World
Yosuke Eguchi
Hajime Saito
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House of Ninjas
Goemon
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kanryu Takeda
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Tales from Earthsea
Tokyo Sonata
Kaoru Hirata
Tae Sekihara
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Keishi Otomo Director · Kiyomi Fujii Screenplay Nobuhiro Watsuki Author
Worldwide gross $62M · United States release July 14, 2013 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$61,700,000
Production
Studio Swan
Production
ROCKWORKS
Production
C&I entertainment
Production
IMJ Entertainment
Production
Amuse Soft Entertainment
Production
Warner Bros. Japan
Production
GAGA Corporation
Production
RoC Works Co.
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
るろうに剣心
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese · Spanish
Release dates
Japan · August 25, 2012
Theatrical
United States · July 14, 2013
Premiere · Japan Cuts: New York Asian Film Festival
United States
July 28, 2013 · Premiere · Japan Film Festival of San Francisco
Brazil
October 23, 2013 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
December 5, 2013 · Digital · Netflix
November 6, 2015 · Premiere · Festival Tokusatsu em São Paulo
France
April 20, 2016 · Physical
Germany
May 31, 2013 · Physical · DVD Premiere
Hong Kong SAR China
December 6, 2012 · Theatrical
Japan
October 20, 2012 · Premiere · Morioka Cinema Street Film Festival
Netherlands
April 12, 2013 · Premiere · Imagine Film Festival
South Korea
October 5, 2012 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
November 22, 2012 · Theatrical
Spain
October 10, 2012 · Premiere · Sitges Film Festival
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