Samurai X: The Motion Picture (1997)
Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku romantan - Ishinshishi e no requiem
For a Decade, he's tried to bury his past...Now his past returns to bury him!
90 min
The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword to fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.
- Release date
- December 20, 1997
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Tarô Iwashiro
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Cast
- Mayo Suzukaze as Himura Kenshin
- Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya
- Yûji Ueda as Sanosuke Sagara
- Mīna Tominaga as Yahiko Myôjin
- Hirotaka Suzuoki as Hajime Saitô
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Tsunan Tsukioka
- Harî Kaneko as Aritomo Yamagata
- Katsuya Shiga as Toshiyoshi Kawaji
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Takimi Shigure
- Jûrôta Kosugi as Eibin Tamono
- Takehito Koyasu as Sadashirô Kajiki
- Yûko Miyamura as Toki Takatsuki
- Nozomu Sasaki as Gentatsu Takatsuki
- Rie Tanaka
- Kappei Yamaguchi as Yasuharu Musashino
- Shanon Weaver as Kenshin Himura
- Shanon Weaver as Kenshin Himura
- Judson Jones as Shigure
- Judson Jones as Shigure
- Kara Bliss as Kaoru
- Kara Bliss as Kaoru
- Gray G. Haddock as Sanosuke
- Gray G. Haddock as Sanosuke
- Shaneye Ferrell as Toki
- Shaneye Ferrell as Toki
- Derek Wade as Yahiko
- Derek Wade as Yahiko
Crew
- Tsuji Hajiki · Director
- Nobuhiro Watsuki · Writer
- Yukiyoshi Ôhashi · Writer
- Tarô Iwashiro · Composer
- Hiroaki Edamitsu · Cinematographer
- Takeshi Seyama · Editor