Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.
- japan
- assassin
- samurai
- based on manga
- jidaigeki
- shinsengumi
- 19th century
- meiji period
- bakumatsu
- amused
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- 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
- Directed
- Keishi Otomo
- Written
- Keishi Otomo, Kiyomi Fujii
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 932 ratings
- Studio
- Studio Swan, ROCKWORKS, C&I entertainment, IMJ Entertainment, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Warner Bros. Japan
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
2012 · You’re hereRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Where it starts.
Rurouni Kenshin: The Final
2021
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
