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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins ()

Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku romantan (original title)
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A former assassin who has resolved to never kill again has his vow sorely tested.
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Kenshin Himura (as Satô Takeru)
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Kaoru Kamiya
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Megumi Takani
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Sanosuke Sagara
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Gein (Kanryu's henchman)
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Saito Hajime
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Kanryuu Takeda
Kôji Kikkawa ...
Jine Udo
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Akira Kiyosato
Eiji Okuda ...
Yamagata Aritomo
Genki Sudô ...
Inui Banjin
Taketo Tanaka ...
Yahiko Myojin
Tokuhisa Yamashita
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Kogoro Katsura
Kaoru Hirata ...
Tae Sekihara
Mei Nagano ...
Tsubame Sanjo
Yôsuke Saitô ...
Chief Uramura

Directed by

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Keishi Otomo ... (as Keishi Ohtomo)

Written by

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Nobuhiro Watsuki ... (manga)
 
Kiyomi Fujii ... (screenplay) and
Keishi Otomo ... (screenplay) (as Keishi Ohtomo)

Produced by

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Satoshi Egawa ... co-producer
Tatsuro Hatanaka ... producer
Shinsuke Higuchi ... co-producer
Kôji Hirano ... line producer
Takeo Hisamatsu ... producer
Masahiko Ibaraki ... producer
William Ireton ... chief producer
Hiroaki Kitano ... producer
Hiroyoshi Koiwai ... executive producer
Osamu Kubota ... producer
Shinzô Matsuhashi ... producer
Osamu Naitô ... producer
Makoto Takahashi ... producer

Music by

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Naoki Satô

Cinematography by

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Takurô Ishizaka ... director of photography (as Takuro Ishizaka)

Editing by

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Tsuyoshi Imai

Production Design by

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So Hashimoto

Art Direction by

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Tsukuru Hashimoto

Set Decoration by

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Daichi Watanabe

Costume Design by

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Kazuhiro Sawataishi

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ShinYa ... hair/makeup artist

Production Management

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Mitsuteru Baba ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ryuichi Saeki ... schedule manager
Satoshi Tanaka ... assistant director

Art Department

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Yasuhito Tekamura ... art producer

Sound Department

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Masatoshi Katsumata ... supervising sound editor
Hiroaki Masuko ... production sound mixer
Tony Moller ... re-recording mixer
Akihiko Okase ... sound effect

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Kazuyori Kosaka ... visual effects supervisor

Stunts

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Masafumi Oishi ... stunts
Masaki Onishi ... stunts
Akihiko Sai ... stunt actor
Kenji Sato ... stunt performer
Kenji Tanigaki ... action director / stunt coordinator
Takahito Ôuchi ... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

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Katsutoshi Hirano ... gaffer
Jitsu Toyoda ... "c" camera operator

Music Department

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Kôzô Araki ... music producer
Jonathan Hammill ... musician: horn
Hideo Hirata ... conductor
Masami Horisawa ... musician: cello
Shoji Kobayashi ... music copyist
Hiroshi Kurata ... musician: trombone
Mina Muranaka ... musician: horn
Kôichi Nonoshita ... musician: bass trombone
Mikio Obata ... recording & mixing engineer
Keisuke Ohta ... musician: violin solo
Chie Satô ... assistant engineer: Sound Inn Studios
Hiroki Satô ... musician: trombone (as Hiroki Satou)
Naoki Satô ... arranger / other instruments programming
Masatsugu Shinozaki ... musician: violin
Satoshi Shôji ... musician: shehnai
Hidetoshi Suzuki ... musician: electric guitar
Taro Terahara ... musician: bansuri
Yuji Tsunemi ... musician: oud
Rio Yamagishi ... musician: horn
Yûta Ôno ... musician: horn (as Yuta Ohno)

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Kaoru Kurosaki ... screenplay collaboration

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Also Known As
  • るろうに剣心 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (Canada, English title)
  • Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (Egypt, English title)
  • Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (Hong Kong, English title)
  • Rurouni Kenshin: Origins (Singapore, English title)
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Runtime
  • 134 min
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Box Office

Opening Weekend Japan $5,093,453, 25 Aug 2012

Did You Know?

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Trivia Though Gein, the masked henchman of Kanryu, is based off the character of the same name from the manga, he has much more in common with Han'nya from the manga. Gein is heavily scarred and works as Kanryu's messenger, like Han'nya, while his outfit, personality, and wire-work is more inline with Gein from the manga. His mask is a combination of both Gein and Han'nya's masks. Neither of them use guns or a wakizashi in the manga, however. See more »
Goofs During Saito's final conversation with Kenshin on the steps, one can see clearly that the policemen's cigarette has a filter. Cigarettes with filter tips were not invented until the 1950s. See more »
Movie Connections Followed by Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014). See more »
Soundtracks The Beginning See more »
Quotes Kenshin Himura: [to Kanryu] you know what money can't buy? What you're begging for right now: your life.
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