Ruróni Kenšin: Meidži kenkaku romantan
Directed by:
大友啓史Cinematography:
Takuro IshizakaComposer:
佐藤直紀Cast:
Takeru Satō, Emi Takei, Yū Aoi, Eiji Okuda, Yôsuke Eguchi, Teruyuki Kagawa, 青木崇高, Masashi Arifuku, 吉川晃司, Taketo Tanaka, Ryuhei Higashiyama, Genki Sudo (more)VOD (1)
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In 1868, after the end of the Bakumatsu war, the former assassin Kenshin Himura promises to defend those who need without killing and wanders through Japan with a sword with inverted blade during the transition of the samurai age to the New Age. When Kenshin helps the idealistic Kaoru Kamiya from the gangsters of the powerful opium drug lord Kanryuu Takeda that wants her school for his production of opium, Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay in the school. But the drug chemist Megumi Takani escapes from Kanryuu and seeks shelter in the school. Meanwhile the killer Battosai is murdering police officers and leaving messages attached to their bodies. When the cruel Kanryuu poisons the population to get the school, and Kenshin and the street fighter Sanosuke Sagara join forces to attack their common enemy. (FUNimation)
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Historical Japanese drama in grand style. It's not a spectacle like Chinese blockbusters, but it definitely has elements of something that could be called a proper spectacle. The film definitely excels in its action scenes more than in the moments when it tries to be more chamber-like. Those action scenes are really well-crafted and truly entertaining. Fast editing, skillful acrobatics, I have to say, I enjoy this. And it also somewhat covers up the fact that the film doesn't have such a great story.
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