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Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin

2012
Drama, Action
2h 14m
The film focuses on fictional events that take place during the early Meiji period in Japan, telling the story of a wanderer named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the assassin "Hitokiri Batt?sai". After participating in the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin wanders the countryside of Japan offering protection and aid to those in need as atonement for the murders he once committed as an assassin. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Rurouni Kenshin

2012
Drama, Action
2h 14m
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Rated 10 Feb 2015
60
65th
The film is melodramatically shit. If you can sit through it, fairly rewarding towards the end. It does a lot to bring the only thing source material does good into life...which is fight careography.
Rated 13 Apr 2020
75
77th
A charismatic main character and good sword fighting along with satisfying hand to hand fighting. The overarching story was a bit fanciful but set the stage for the moral tones of the movie. Well worth watching, especially if you are a fan of the genre.
Rated 11 Nov 2014
68
48th
A fair enough jidai-geki, but one that embraces kooky exaggeration and metaphysical hyperbole to a distracting and perhaps embarrassing degree. A recent subsection of these Japanese blockbusters (...Yamamoto, Eien no zero, Goemon, this, so on) are also creeping ever-so-slightly to a conservative Japanese Nationalism, which is a troubling undercurrent. Here it just doesn't make sense.
Rated 06 Sep 2016
70
77th
Kept much of the spirit of the original source material. Takeru Satou plays Himura Kenshin well.
Rated 30 Jun 2017
76
87th
The film was well made and most of the actors did a good, with a few over acting way too much. The action scene while few were surprisingly well done. The story is cherry picked scenes from the manga strung together into a loose plot. The movie is over two hours long but it's still not enough time to get to know the characters, one of the problems is the fact that there are simply too many characters. They should've just concentrated on a couple of them but instead they spent most of the running
Rated 01 Apr 2014
80
60th
- 10/4/13
Rated 21 Sep 2014
3
31st
Pretty, fun and forgettable, even for fans of the manga this adaptation will register as mostly a proof of concept; or they might squabble about which details the movie changed and missed and that discussion will be the most interesting one about it.
Rated 29 Jan 2015
85
91st
The adventures of a former assassin who has sworn never to kill again in the early years of the Meiji period. I admittedly have no previous experience with Rurouni Kenshin other than the Trust & Betrayal OVA, so I have no clue whether this flick does the manga or anime any justice, but it was quality entertainment. It's got a solid story, detailed characters, plus a stunning number of flawlessly executed fantasy swordfights. Ranks up there among the top chanbara of the last 10 years.
Rated 01 Jun 2015
7
49th
Wonderfully cast, appropriately toned, and with impressively exciting action, "Rurouni Kenshin" is near guaranteed to satisfy both fans of the genre and fans of the renowned source material.
Rated 03 Jan 2016
70
83rd
jap_eng; [Rurouni Kenshin]; ein außergewöhnlicher samurai will nicht mehr der assassin sein, doch um einen drogenring zu stoppen muss er die hintermänner ausschalten - schwierig bei einem schwur niemanden zu töten.;
Rated 22 Jul 2016
5
43rd
Starts off promising until the interest and imagination fade away as the minutes fly by.
Rated 01 Sep 2017
70
45th
It really is hard to transition an anime to live action and keep the spirit and feel of it. But this does a reasonable job, with good action and a faithful story.
Rated 12 Feb 2021
9
94th
This Movie series, along with 'Blade of the Immortal' are the best of their kind.
Rated 18 Feb 2021
90
86th
best samurai action series ive ever seen
Rated 25 Oct 2021
90
97th
This is an excellent film. Even though the characters, sets, story and costumes are cartoonish... its very well done. The characters and acting is very charming though some like Kaoru can be hammy at times. Rewatched it several times in one month then the others in the series. The Kenshin actor is very good. Its like watching a good western or a Tarantino movie but better.
Rated 25 Dec 2021
53
18th
The drama is bogus, and there are not enough action scenes to keep up the pace.
Rated 13 Jun 2022
55
22nd
Has some slick style, mostly in the rapid choreography in the final act, but its story is empty - not helped by a poorly crafted world - and disappointingly characterless (particularly in Kaoru’s “arc”, which has her in pants with a sword until she meets the titular wanderer, after which she is only seen in a kimono being a damsel in distress).
Rated 01 Apr 2023
75
57th
This review is more for the entire series of movies rather than just this one. I thoroughly enjoy them. In a sea of questionable live action adaptations of anime/manga this is leaps and bounds above the rest.
Rated 15 Sep 2023
75
72nd
This is such an almost film. So many things to like, bar a few casting choices. If you know the manga, they did a really great job of combining 2 of the stories into one, though they did miss an opportunity with one major plot line. It also doesn't feel over the top, which makes this very watchable.
Rated 05 Oct 2023
80
99th
My wife knew all about the 90s anime and wanted to see the live-action version of Rurôni Kenshin. We plan on seeing all 5 films. I'm a complete newbie so I got to catch-up on the characters and such, so it's good to get the origin portion started. And this did it good. Strong action too, along with cartoonish enough villains for me to enjoy. I'm gonna look forward to the other films. Maybe one day I'll get into anime and watch the series too.

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