Rurouni Kenshin (2012) on Netflix
NR20122h 14mActionDramaHistory
After the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin Himura, once the assassin Battōsai, carries a reverse-blade sword and has sworn never to kill again. Kaoru Kamiya's kendo school is being defamed by a killer.
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Kenshin Himura arrives in Tokyo a decade after the Bakumatsu war, a former assassin who now travels with a reverse-blade sword and a vow to kill no one. Kaoru Kamiya runs the kendo school her father left her, and when a swordsman calling himself Battōsai uses her dojo's name, she confronts Kenshin. Police are investigating the murder of an undercover officer. Megumi Takani, forced by the businessman Takeda Kanryū to make opium, escapes from him and turns to the police, while Kanryū's man Udō Jin-e hunts for her. Kaoru offers Kenshin a place at the dojo, where her only student, Yahiko, lives.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Rurouni Kenshin was the first live-action adaptation of the manga, and before it was even announced the Sankei Sports newspaper reported that the staff aimed to release the film internationally and eventually make a series.
- Producer Shinzō Matsuhashi said Takeru Satoh had the looks and stature to be a proper Kenshin, and Watsuki added that when the project was just starting, he and his wife were discussing who should play Kenshin and decided that Satoh topped the list.
