Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

2012 · directed by Keishi Otomo

Rating
75/100
Hit
no

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

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012), directed by Keishi Otomo, rates 75/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Takeru Satoh
  • Emi Takei
  • Koji Kikkawa
  • Yu Aoi
  • Munetaka Aoki
  • Go Ayano
  • Genki Sudo
  • Taketo Tanaka
  • Eiji Okuda
  • Yosuke Eguchi

Crew

  • Takuro Ishizaka — Director of Photography
  • Tsuyoshi Imai — Editor
  • Keishi Otomo — Screenplay
  • Kiyomi Fujii — Screenplay

More from Keishi Otomo

  1. Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) — 85/100 · hit
  2. Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends (2014) — 76/100
  3. Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) — 76/100
  4. 10DANCE (2025) — 76/100
  5. Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014) — 75/100
  6. Museum (2016) — 63/100

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