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Rurôni Kenshin: Sai shûshô - The Beginning

2021
★ 7.4 / 10
Before becoming a protector, Kenshin is a fearsome assassin known as Battosai, but his story changes when he meets the gentle Tomoe Yukishiro.
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Reviews
★★★★★
The trust and betrayal ova are some of best work I've ever seen. So naturally I was comparing this live action to the ova and it comes very, very close. Actually the live action is outstanding. The pace and story buildup to music and sets are of high quality....
★★★★★
Kenshin live actions have been the best live actions ever and this last installment does not disappoint. Although they left out my favourite part of the OVA (the beginning, Hiko saving Shinta) they perfectly brought Kenshin to life. We will miss the man that m...
★★★★★
Nothing else to say. The movie was perfect in my eyes. Great acting,, great plot and great fight scenes.. Don't understand the bad reviews, they must be fans of political science.
★★★★★
As expected, "The Beginning" dives more into Tomoe (Kasumi) and Kenshin's (Takeru) tragic love story, hence, it's a bit more poignant, slow-paced, and is significantly less in action compared to its predecessors. However, the series' nature and samurai grandeu...
★★★★★
This was a really befitting end to a great franchise. It has a slower pace than the others and is actually more of a melodrama and love story than an action movie. When the action kicks in it is great though. Really good use of archive footage from previous fi...
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Rurôni Kenshin: Sai shûshô - The Beginning Official Trailer
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