This is how it ends, this is where it began.
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
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Trailer
Official Main Trailer [English Subtitles] · plays on YouTube
Where to watch
United StatesStream
- Netflix
- Netflix Standard with Ads
Availability from JustWatch
Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Keishi Otomo
- Written by
- Keishi Otomo, Nobuhiro Watsuki
Cast
Takeru Satoh
Kenshin Himura
Kasumi Arimura
Tomoe Yukishiro
Issey Takahashi
Kogoro Katsura
Nijiro Murakami
Soji Okita
Masanobu Ando
Shinsaku Takasugi
Kazuki Kitamura
Tatsumi
Yosuke Eguchi
Hajime Saito
Towa Araki
Enishi Yukishiro
Shima Onishi
Iizuka
Soko Wada
Toshizo Hijikata
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Katagai
Mayu Hotta
Ikumatsu
Makiko Watanabe
Landlady
Wataru Ichinose
Sumita
Kinari Hirano
Nakajo
Eita Okuno
Murakami
Details
- Released
- June 4, 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- JA
- Original title
- るろうに剣心 最終章 The Beginning
- Country
- Japan
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