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Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (live-action movie)

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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))
Genres: action, drama
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
Official website:
Official Site (Japanese)
Links: We have 2
Reviews:
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (BD+DVD) 2016-11-01 (from $119.99)
DVD (Region 1)
    Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (DVD) 2016-11-01 (from $20.04)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Keishi Ōtomo
Music: Naoki Satō
Original creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Character Design: Kazuhiro Sawadaishi
Executive producer: Hiroyoshi Koiwai
Producer: Osamu Kubota

Action Director: Kenji Tanigaki
Art Producer: Yasuhito Takemura
Assistant Director: Satoshi Tanaka
Associate producer: Shinzo Matsuhashi
Chief Production Supervisor: William Ireton
Clothing Design: Kazuhiro Sawadaishi
Editing: Tsuyoshi Imai
Hair/Make-up Direction: Shinya (PRIMAL)
Lighting: Katsutoshi Hirano
Line Producer: Koji Hirano
Music Performance:
Hiroki Satō (Trombone)
Yūta Ōno (Horn)
Music Production: Kozo Araki
Ornamentation: Daichi Watanabe
Photography: Takuro Ishizaka
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 Performance: ONE OK ROCK
VFX Supervisor: Kazunori Kosaka
Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya
Takeru Satō as Kenshin Himura

Kouji Kikkawa as Jin'e Udō
Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara
Taketo Tanaka as Yahiko Myōjin
Teruyuki Kagawa as Kanryū Takeda
Yōsuke Eguchi as Hajime Saitō
Yū Aoi as Megumi Takani

Atsuko Anami as Mrs. Kubo
Daisuke Honda as Kodama
Eiji Okuda as Aritomo Yamagata
Genki Sudo as Banjin Inui
Gō Ayano as Gein
Ichirota Miyakawa as Kogoro Katsura
Jun Yamasaki as Mitsui
Kaoru Hirata as Tae Sekihara
Kotaro Okamoto as Kikuchi
Masataka Kubota as Akira Kiyosato
Mei Nagano as Tsubame Sanjo
Motoki Fukami as Younger Gaara Brother
Motoki Ochiai as Mizushima
Toshihiro Yashiba as Mr. Kubo
Yousuke Saitou as Chief Uramura
Yusuke Hirayama as Older Gaara Brother
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Alexis Tipton as Kaoru Kamiya
Micah Solusod as Kenshin Himura

Alison Viktorin as Yahiko Myojin
Eric Vale as Sanosuke Sagara
J. Michael Tatum as Kanryu Takeda
John Swasey as Jin'e Udo
Robert McCollum as Hajime Saito
Trina Nishimura as Megumi Takani

Aaron Roberts as
Opium Addict
Townsperson
Ben Phillips as Officer
Brad Venable as Chief Uramura
Brandon Potter as
Dumpling Store Owner
Imperialist
Shouter
Charles Campbell as Head Officer
Chris Guerrero as Army Representative
Christopher Wehkamp as Kogoro Katsura
Chuck Huber as Kanryu's Aide
Corey Cleary-Stoner as Bodyguard
Cris George as Kyoto Patrolman
Gregory Lush as Merchant
Heather Walker as Child
Ian Sinclair as Undercover Cop
Jeremy Schwartz as Officer
Joel McDonald as
Akira Kiyosato
Officer
Josh Grelle as
Gein
Townsperson
Justin Locklear as Bodyguard
Kent Williams as Aritomo Yamagata
Linda Young as Townsperson
Marcus D. Stimac as Banjin Inui
Matt Thurston as Officer
Michael Johnson as Bodyguard
Morgan Garrett as Tae Sekihara
Nathan Sharp as Imperialist
Patrick Seitz as Officer
Peter Hawkinson as Kanryu's Aide
Phil Parsons as
Bodyguard
Officer
R Bruce Elliott as Old Man
Ray Gestaut as Jubei Shigekura
Sean Michael Teague as
Officer
Townsperson
Sonny Strait as Kanryu's Aide
Zach Bolton as Officer
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (New Zealand and Australia)
Internet Streaming: AnimeLab (Australia and New Zealand)
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Azucena Díaz (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Translation:
Alejandro Fernández (Spain dub)
Aurora Ballester (Catalan dub)
Michiko Tsuboi (Spain dub)
ADR Script:
Azucena Díaz (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Santiago Maurig (HBO LAG dub)
Executive producer: Daniel Parise (SBP)

ADR Engineer:
Héctor Ruiz (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Raúl Echevarría (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Coordination: Anna Rodríguez (Spain dub)
Language Consultant: Odile Arqué (Catalan dub)
Mix Engineer:
Ferrán Mosquera (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Production Assistant: Gloria Posada (Catalan dub)
Alejandro Graue as Kenshin Himura
Carles Lladó as Kenshin Himura (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Cristal Barreyro as Kaoru Kamiya (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Javier Gómez as Hajime Saitou
Mariana de Iraola as Megumi Takani
Patricio Lago as Yahiko Myojin

Alberto Mieza as Kanryuu Takeda (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Eduard Itchart as Hajime Saito (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Yahiko Myojin (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Inés Moraleda as Megumi Takani (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Jordi Boixaderas as Jine Udo (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Roger Pera as Sanosuke Sagara (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Alfonso Vallés as Gaara (Catalan dub; big; Spain dub; big)
Azucena Díaz as Waitress (Catalan dub)
Carlos Di Blasi as Banjin Inui (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
David Jenner as Gein (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Domenech Farell as Subordinate 1 (Catalan dub)
Francesc Góngora as Uramura (Catalan dub)
Jaume Aguiló as Kikuchi (Catalan dub)
Joaquín Díaz as Aritomo Yamagata (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Jordi Salas as Gaara (Catalan dub; little; Spain dub; little)
Juan Carlos Gustems as Narrator (Spain dub)
Marc Torrents as Policeman 2 (Catalan dub)
Marcel Navarro as Kodama (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Oscar Muñoz as
Mitsui (Catalan dub)
Subordinate 2 (Catalan dub)
Victoria Ramos as Tae Sekihara (Catalan dub)

Jaume Aguiló (Spain dub)
Oscar Muñoz (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
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
Dubbing Studio:
Dubbing Films (Spain dub; Catalan dub)
Internet Streaming: Qubit.tv
Licensed by:
Mediatres Estudio (Spain)
SBP (Argentina)
German cast
German staff
(none)
Corinna Dörenkamp as Kaoru Kamiya
René Dawn-Claude as Kenshin Himura

Emmanuel Zimmermann as Sanosuke Sagara
Gregor Höppner as Kanryu Takeda
Milena Karas as Megumi Takani
Tobias Brecklinghaus as Jinne Udo
German companies
Distributor: AMASIA
Marketing/Sales: Splendid Film
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
ABS-CBN
HERO TV
Tagalog cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
Dubbing Director: Gilmara Sanchez
Translation: Marcelo Del Greco
Denise Reis as Kaoru Kamiya (2nd version)
Michelle Giudice as Kaoru Kamiya (1st version)
Raquel Elaine as Kaoru Kamiya (Cinemax dub)
Tatá Guarnieri as Kenshin Himura (2nd version)
Tiaggo Guimarães as Kenshin Himura (Cinemax dub)
Yuri Chesman as Kenshin Himura (1st version)

Affonso Amajones as Sanosuke Sagara
Alexandre Marconato as Kanryuu Takeda
Caio César Oliveira as Hajime Saito (Cinemax dub)
Charles Dalla as Kanryuu Takeda (Cinemax dub)
Gabriel Martins as Yahiko Myojin
Guilherme Lopes as Hajime Saito (1st version)
Mauro Castro as Jin-e Udou
Patrícia Scalvi as Megumi Takani (2nd version)
Renan Alonso as Sanosuke Sagara (Cinemax dub)
Tatiane Keplmair as Megumi Takani (1st version)
Walter Cruz as Aritomo Yamagata
Wellington Lima as Hajime Saito (2nd version)

Fábio Moura as Gein
Ricardo Sawaya as Inui Banjin
Tess Amorim as Tae Sekihara

Amanda Tavares (Cinemax dub)
André Gaiani (Cinemax dub)
Beto Marden (Cinemax dub)
Carla Martelli (Cinemax dub)
Cristina Giangiardi (Cinemax dub)
Ênio Vivona (Cinemax dub)
Fernando Ferraz (Cinemax dub)
Guilherme Teruya (Cinemax dub)
Jonathan Guedes (Cinemax dub)
Luiz Nunes (Cinemax dub)
Luiz Terribele (Cinemax dub)
Mariana Pozatto (Cinemax dub)
Mário Spatziani (Cinemax dub)
Rafael Quelle (Cinemax dub)
Raissa Bueno (Cinemax dub)
Roberto Rodrigues (Cinemax dub)
Rogério Duartti (Cinemax dub)
Portuguese companies
Broadcaster:
AMC
Cinemax (Brazil)
HBO Plus
Distributor: Focus Filmes
Dubbing Studio:
Dubbing Company (Cinemax dub)
Lexx (1st and 2nd versions)
Internet Streaming:
Google Play
Looke
Netflix (Brazil)
YouTube

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