Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)

★ 7.6 2h 18m 535 votes IMDb
Action Drama Romance Adventure

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.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

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Cast

Takeru Satoh
Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura Age 37 · Iwatsuki, Saitama Prefecture, Japan [Now Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan] Takeru Satoh (born 21 March 1989) is a Japanese film and television actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the Kamen Rider Den-O tokusatsu franchise and the Rurouni Kenshin live-action adapt...
Kasumi Arimura
Kasumi Arimura as Tomoe Yukishiro Age 33 · Itami, Hyogo, Japan Kasumi Arimura (有村 架純 Arimura Kasumi, born February 13, 1993) is a Japanese actress. She is known for playing the young Haruko Amano in Amachan (2013), and the lead role in Strobe Edge (2015) and Flyi...
Issey Takahashi
Issey Takahashi as Kogoro Katsura Age 45 · Tokyo, Japan Issey Takahashi or Issei Takahashi (高橋 一生, Takahashi Issei, born on December 9, 1980, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actor and singer..
Nijiro Murakami
Nijiro Murakami as Soji Okita Age 29 · Tokyo, Japan Murakami Nijiro is a Japanese actor and voice actor, the only son of actor Murakami Jun and singer UA. His parents divorced when he was nine-years-old and he grew up with his mother, stepfather, and t...
Masanobu Ando
Masanobu Ando as Shinsaku Takasugi Age 50 · Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Masanobu Ando  (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director. For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Bes...
Kazuki Kitamura
Kazuki Kitamura as Tatsumi Age 56 · Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan Kazuki Kitamura is a Japanese film and television actor who won the award for best supporting actor at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival for Minazuki, Kyohansha and Kanzen-naru shiiku as well as the CUT...
Director Keishi Otomo
Cast Takeru Satoh, Kasumi Arimura, Issey Takahashi, Nijiro Murakami, Masanobu Ando, Kazuki Kitamura, Yosuke Eguchi, Towa Araki, Shima Onishi, Soko Wada

Audience Reviews

Alunauwie 10/10 Sep 30, 2025
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning delivers an emotionally rich prequel that perfectly concludes the saga, revealing Kenshin’s tragic past and deepening his transformation. With touching performances and cinematic consistency, the film offers a poignant, satisfying closure.

Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)

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