Rurouni Kenshin /

るろうに剣心

"The film focuses on fictional events that take place during the early Meiji period in Japan, telling the story of a wanderer named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the assassin 'Hitokiri Battōsai.' After participating in the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin wanders the countryside of Japan of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Warner Bros, Amuse Soft Entertainment
Other Authors:	Ōtomo, Keishi (Director, Screenwriter), Watsuki, Nobuhiro, Fujii, Kiyomi (Screenwriter), Satō, Takeru (Actor), Takei, Emi (Actor), Kikkawa, Kōji (Actor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	Japanese dialogue; with optional Japanese subtitles.
Published:	[Tokyo] : Amuse Soft Entertainment, [2012]
Subjects:	Swordsmen > Drama. Assassins > Drama. Film adaptations. Samurai films. Action and adventure films. Fiction films. Feature films. Motion picture, Japanese. Foreign films.

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Summary:	"The film focuses on fictional events that take place during the early Meiji period in Japan, telling the story of a wanderer named Himura Kenshin, formerly known as the assassin 'Hitokiri Battōsai.' After participating in the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin wanders the countryside of Japan offering protection and aid to those in need as atonement for the murders he once committed as an assassin."--Wikipedia.
Item Description:	Title from container. Based on the comic by Watsuki Nobuhiro. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Special features (on separate disc) include commentary by cast and crew; deleted scenes, etc. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC, region 2; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Production Credits:	Cinematographer, Ishizaka Takurō ; music, Satō Naoki.