Rurouni Kenshin: Final Chapter Part II - The Beginning

2021 [JAPANESE]

Action / Adventure / Drama / History / Romance

77
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 92%
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 12000 12K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Keishi Ohtomo Photo
Keishi Ohtomo

Top cast

Takeru Satoh Photo
Takeru Satoh as Kenshin Himura
Kasumi Arimura Photo
Kasumi Arimura as Tomoe Yukishiro
Sôkô Wada Photo
Sôkô Wada as Hijikata Toshizo
Nijirô Murakami Photo
Nijirô Murakami as Okita Soji
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1.24 GB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 18 min
Seeds 13
2.55 GB
1920*800
Japanese 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
2 hr 18 min
Seeds 39

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by tdnfnqqfc 6 / 10

A decent adaptation of masterpiece OVA

It's a decent adaptation of the masterpiece OVA (Original Video Anime) Kenshin Memories.The action sequences are greatThe movie mis-casted Tomoe; she was such a sophisticated character in the OVA, but the movie version is just a pretty girl lacking acting depth.The important classy side characters, such as Katsura and the final boss, were poorly portrayed. I liked the portrait of Shinsegumi though.Some parts of the movie were just silly compared to the OVA, like Tomoe's fiancé stopping Kenshin twice, who was walking away, and the chatty final fight.Just can't compare its soundtrack to the OVA's masterpieces. The OVA used sound to convey the character's emotions while the movie chose to use dialogues without much background sound; it's just a different direction.Since the movie heavily leveraged the OVA, the director should have done a better job in editing. While he omitted scenes such as Kenshin's scar continued bleeding and the season changing, he unnecessarily stretched out some sequences like a fight with Soji, the final boss giving a long explanation, and the final fight.If your expectation is good samurai style action movies, the Kenshin Beginning is a quite good movie. However, if your expectation is masterpieces like the OVA Kenshin Memories, this movie is just a decent attempt.
Reviewed by kelvynchin 7 / 10

Fitting final installment

Himura Kenshin's character arc in the rousing Rurouni Kenshin series comes full circle by tracing his beginnings as the assassin Battosai the Killer, during the years of the Shogun war. Pic paints the samurai Kenshin as a conflicted killer, although there is a lot of bloodletting in the first half of the film. The second half, though, is an elegiac and moving account of the doomed love affair between Kenshin and Tomoe - the woman who will shape his character's motivation throughout the preceding four chapters. Mounted with flair and panache, this is a much more sombre installment compared to the other movies in the series- but there is still enough lightning fast swordplay which has become a hallmark of the series. Star Takeru Satoh also has filled in the character he has played for almost a decade. A must watch for fans of the series. Also returning as leader of the Shogun police force is Saito, although he has yet to pick up chain smoking.
Reviewed by hiraishinnojutsu 7 / 10

A deeper story than the previous one

And I can quiet confidently say it's deeper than all of the previous movies, which is understandable since this is a part of Kenshin's origin story. Not too draggy or boring, the romantic build up fits the runtime it is given though it's still pretty unclear how it could happen. Fight choreography is still as good as the last one yet sadly the most anticipated fight (perhaps) in this story arc, which is shown briefly in the anime and therefore supposed to happen, is not happening at all. Still we need to remind ourselves that this film is less about the fight and more about a monster who throughout the story undergoing a process of change along with the world he lives in

7.5/10.

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