Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (live-action movie)
Alternative title:
Kenshin, el guerrero samurái (Spanish)
Kenshin, El Guerrero Samurai (Spanish)
Rurouni Kenshin (Japanese)
Samurai X (Spanish)
Samurai X: O Filme (Portuguese)
るろうに剣心 (Japanese)
神劍闖江湖 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Plot Summary:
Kenshin Himura was an assassin for the Imperial side during the war that ended the Shogunate and installed the Meiji government. After killing countless people, he made a vow to never kill again. Ten years later, he finds a home at a failing dojo, only to be caught up in a string of murders related to an opium ring. His commitment to never taking a life is put to the test as the people he’s come to care about are threatened by figures from his past.
Running time:
135 minutes
Vintage:
2012-08-25
Premiere date:
2012-08-25 (Japan)
2012-11-21 (Australia, Japanese Film Festival)
2012-11-29 (Singapore, Filmgarde Cineplex)
2012-12-05 (Philippines)
2012-12-07 (Taiwan)
2013-02-28 (Malaysia and Brunei, selected cinemas)
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"The Beginning" By ONE OK ROCK

Ending Theme:
"The Beginning" by ONE OK ROCK
Official website:
Official Site (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Reviews:
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins BD+DVD (Dec 19, 2016)
Rurouni Kenshin (Sep 20, 2012)
News: Show:
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, April 26-May 2 (May 15, 2021)
1st 'Final Chapter' Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin Film Earns Over 745 Million Yen at Box Office (Apr 27, 2021)
Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin 'Final Chapter' Films Delayed to Spring 2021 Due to COVID-19 (May 27, 2020)
Live-Action Rurouni Kenshin 'Final Chapter' Films Bring Back Yusuke Iseya, Tao Tsuchiya, ONE OK ROCK (Mar 24, 2020)
Interest:
Rurouni Kenshin's Live-Action Cast Pose for New Poster (Jun 25, 2012)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo |
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (BD+DVD) 2016-11-01 (from $22.81) |
DVD (Region 1) |
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (DVD) 2016-11-01 (from $36.27) |
Director: Keishi Ōtomo Music: Naoki Satō Original creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki Character Design: Kazuhiro Sawadaishi Art: Tsukuru Hashimoto Executive producer: Hiroyoshi Koiwai Action Director: Kenji Tanigaki Art Producer: Yasuhito Takemura Assistant Director: Satoshi Tanaka Associate producer: Shinzō Matsuhashi Chief Executive Producer: Hiroaki Kitano (Yahoo! Japan) Makoto Takahashi (KDDI) Masahiko Ibaraki (Shueisha) Osamu Naito (C&I Entertainment) Takeo Hisamatsu (Warner Bros. Pictures) Tatsurō Hatakenaka (Amuse) Chief Production Supervisor: William Ireton Clothing Design: Kazuhiro Sawadaishi Editing: Tsuyoshi Imai Hair/Make-up Direction: Shinya (PRIMAL) Lighting: Katsutoshi Hirano Music Production: Kozo Araki Ornamentation: Daichi Watanabe Photography: Takuro Ishizaka Production: Hiroaki Kitano Makoto Takahashi Masahiko Ibaraki Osamu Naito Takeo Hisamatsu Tatsurō Hatakenaka Production Committee: Fumio Shimizu (Warner Bros. Pictures) Hisashi Sasaki (Shueisha) Hitoshi Endō (Amuse) Jun Okabe (KDDI) Kunio Yamada (Warner Bros. Pictures) Mika Kubo (Amuse) Mika Minegishi (Warner Bros. Pictures) Nobuhiro Chiba (Amuse) Noriyasu Ueki (Warner Bros. Pictures) San Kim (KDDI) Shuhei Hosono (Shueisha) Susumu Hieda (Shueisha) Takahiro Hirato (KDDI) Takayuki Mochihara (Warner Bros. Pictures) Takayuki Osaki (Warner Bros. Pictures) Tsutomu Yanagimura (Yahoo! Japan) Yuka Asano (浅野由香; C&I Entertainment) Yumi Wakabayashi (Yahoo! Japan) Production manager: Mitsuteru Baba Recording: Hiroaki Masuko Schedule Management: Ryuichi Saeki Screenplay Cooperation: Kaoru Kurosaki Sound Effects: Akihiko Okase Supervising Sound Editor: Masatoshi Katsumata Theme Song Composition: Taka Theme Song Lyrics: Taka Theme Song Performance: ONE OK ROCK VFX Supervisor: Kazunori Kosaka | Emi Takei as Takeru Satō as Kōji Kikkawa as Munetaka Aoki as Taketo Tanaka as Teruyuki Kagawa as Yōsuke Eguchi as Yū Aoi as Atsuko Anami as Daisuke Honda as Eiji Okuda as Genki Sudō as Gō Ayano as Ichirōta Miyakawa as Jun Yamasaki as Kaoru Hirata as Kōtarō Okamoto as Masashi Arifuku as Masataka Kubota as Mei Nagano as Motoki Fukami as Motoki Ochiai as Natsuki Watanabe as Ryōta Matsushima as Taketoshi Nagahori as Toshihiro Yashiba as Yōsuke Saitō as Yūsuke Hirayama as | |||
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Planning Cooperation: JUMP Square Editorial Department Production: Amuse C&I Entertainment KDDI Rurouni Kenshin Production Committee Shueisha Warner Bros. ![]() Warner Bros. Pictures Yahoo! Japan Production Studio: C&I Entertainment | ||||
Alexis Tipton as Micah Solusod as Alison Viktorin as Eric Vale as J. Michael Tatum as John Swasey as Robert McCollum as Trina Nishimura as Ben Phillips as Brad Venable as Brittany Redfield as Charles Campbell as Chris Guerrero as Christopher Wehkamp as Chuck Huber as Colleen Clinkenbeard as Corey Cleary-Stoner as Cris George as Gregory Lush as Heather Walker as Ian Sinclair as Jeremy Schwartz as Justin Locklear as Kent Williams as Linda Young as Marcus D. Stimac as Matt Thurston as Michael Johnson as Morgan Garrett as Nathan Sharp as Patrick Seitz as Peter Hawkinson as R Bruce Elliott as Ray Gestaut as Sonny Strait as Zach Bolton as | ||||
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (New Zealand and Australia) Licensed by: FUNimation Entertainment | ||||
Coordination: Anna Rodríguez (Spain dub) Language Consultant: Odile Arqué (Catalan dub) Production Assistant: Gloria Posada (Catalan dub) Subtitle Translation: Isabel Pozas González (Netflix; Spain) | Alejandro Graue as Carles Lladó as Cristal Barreyro as Javier Gómez as Mariana de Iraola as Patricio Lago as Alberto Mieza as Eduard Itchart as Elisabet Bargalló as Inés Moraleda as Jordi Boixaderas as Roger Pera as Alfonso Vallés as Azucena Díaz as Carlos Di Blasi as David Jenner as Domenech Farell as Francesc Góngora as Jaume Aguiló as Joaquín Díaz as Jordi Salas as Juan Carlos Gustems as Marc Torrents as Marcel Navarro as Victoria Ramos as Jaume Aguiló Oscar Muñoz | |||
ADR Studio: Marmac (HBO LAG dub) Broadcaster: AMC (Latin America) Canal+ Estrenos (Spain) Canal+ Series Xtra (Spain) Canal+ Xtra (Spain) Cinemax (Latin America) Cinemax Latin America HBO (Latin America) HBO Latin America (Latin America) Neox | ||||
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Distributor: AMASIA Marketing/Sales: Splendid Film | ||||
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Dubbing Director: Gilmara Sanchez Translation: Marcelo Del Greco | Denise Reis as Michelle Giudice as Raquel Elaine as Tatá Guarnieri as Tiaggo Guimarães as Yuri Chesman as Affonso Amajones as Alexandre Marconato as Caio César Oliveira as Charles Dalla as Gabriel Martins as Guilherme Lopes as Mauro Castro as Patrícia Scalvi as Renan Alonso as Tatiane Keplmair as Walter Cruz as Wellington Lima as Fábio Moura as Ricardo Sawaya as Tess Amorim as Amanda Tavares André Gaiani Beto Marden Carla Martelli Cristina Giangiardi Ênio Vivona Fernando Ferraz Guilherme Teruya Jonathan Guedes Luiz Nunes Luiz Terribele Mariana Pozatto Mário Spatziani Rafael Quelle Raissa Bueno Roberto Rodrigues Rogério Duartti | |||
Distributor: Focus Filmes | ||||
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