Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)

Name: Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Director: Keishi Otomo
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Released: 2021
Duration: 138 min

るろうに剣心最終章 The Beginning

ThumbScore

👍 63%Google users liked it ⓘ

Critics Score

🎬 93% (RT: 93%)

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Director

Keishi Otomo

Runtime

2h 18m

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

TMDB Rating

7.6/10 (531 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Cast

Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura · 72% avg

Kasumi Arimura as Tomoe Yukishiro

Issey Takahashi as Kogoro Katsura · 78% avg

Nijiro Murakami as Soji Okita

Masanobu Ando as Shinsaku Takasugi · 71% avg

Kazuki Kitamura as Tatsumi · 69% avg

Yosuke Eguchi as Hajime Saito · 71% avg

Towa Araki as Enishi Yukishiro

Is Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning good?

It's divisive. Only 63% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics rated it higher at 93%, but audiences were less impressed.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre

#1636 / 1971 · Action

Rank in its year

#154 / 240 · 2021

Rank among its director's films

#5 / 5 · Keishi Otomo

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever. Wikipedia ↗