Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021)
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This is how it ends, this is where it began.
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.
- Released: 2021-06-04
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 2h 18m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.7/10 from 561 votes
Directed by Keishi Otomo.
Top cast
- Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura
- Kasumi Arimura as Tomoe Yukishiro
- Issey Takahashi as Kogoro Katsura
- Nijiro Murakami as Soji Okita
- Masanobu Ando as Shinsaku Takasugi
- Kazuki Kitamura as Tatsumi
- Yosuke Eguchi as Hajime Saito
- Towa Araki as Enishi Yukishiro
- Shima Onishi as Iizuka
- Soko Wada as Toshizo Hijikata
Where to watch Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
- United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- India: stream on Netflix
- Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
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