Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)

The journey begins.

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

Director

Keishi Otomo

Writers

Kiyomi Fujii, Keishi Otomo

Themes19th centuryamusedassassinbakumatsubased on mangaboshin warishin shishijapanjidaigekimeiji period