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Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture

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©1997 N. Watsuki•Shueisha / Fuji-TV•Aniplex Inc.


Alternative title:
Kenshin - Requiem pour les Ishin Shishi (French)
Kenshin El Vagabundo: Réquiem por los Patriotas de la Restauración (Spanish)
Kenshin Samurai Vagabondo: Requiem per gli Ishin-shishi (Italian)
Kenshin, el guerrero samurái: La película (Spanish)
Rurouni Kenshin The Movie
Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Chinkonka [Requiem] (Japanese)
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for Patriots
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Shishi
Samurai X: O Filme (Portuguese)
Samurai X: The Motion Picture
Бродяга Кэнсин: Реквием патриотов (Russian)
るろうに剣心 −明治剣客浪漫譚− 維新志士への鎮魂歌 (Japanese)
바람의 검심 - 유신지사에의 진혼가 (Korean)
Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary: The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Takimi Shigure watched his friends and family get cut down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desperate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Kenshin Himura. But when Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity as the Hitokiri Battōsai, his fight becomes a personal vendetta.
User Ratings: 2248 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 168 votes (sub:102, dub:55, edit.dub:3, ?:2, raw:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Turkish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 486 votes (sub:352, dub:114, ?:4, raw:1, others:15
5 Spanish subtitled
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Very good: 499 votes (sub:324, dub:151, ?:6, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:16
7 Spanish subtitled
3 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Catalan dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
)
 Good: 511 votes (sub:336, dub:152, raw:4, edit.dub:2, ?:2, others:15
7 Spanish subtitled
4 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 283 votes (sub:186, dub:85, edit.dub:3, ?:1, raw:1, others:7
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 So-so: 140 votes (sub:94, dub:37, raw:2, others:7
4 Spanish dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 60 votes (sub:34, dub:20, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:3
1 Russian edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Weak: 64 votes (sub:40, dub:20, others:4
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Bad: 22 votes (sub:11, dub:11)
 Awful: 6 votes (dub:3, sub:3)
 Worst ever: 9 votes (dub:5, sub:4)
Seen in part or in whole by 4510 users, rank: #189 (of 9581)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 7.341 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.8029, rank: #2403 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 7.260 (Good+), rank: #2517 (of 9703) (seen all: 7.27 / seen some: 6.37 / won't finish: 2.29)
Bayesian estimate: 7.261 (Good+), rank: #2276 (of 7285)
Running time: 90 minutes
Vintage:
1997-12-20
2003 (Brazil - Cartoon Network, Teatro Cartoon)
2003-08-21 (13:00 Hrs, Televisa Canal 5, Mexico)
2004 (Spain)
Premiere date:
1997-12-20 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 15
Opening Theme:
"Niji" (虹) by L'arc-en-Ciel
Ending Theme:
"Towa no Mirai" (永遠の未来; "Eternal Future") by Animetal
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 1
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Rurouni Kenshin: The Movie - Limited Edition [Import] (Blu-ray) 2011-10-26 (from $41.49)
DVD (Region 1)
    Rurouni Kenshin - Complete Collection [OVAs + Movie] [Thinpak] (DVD) 2006-11-21 (from $79.24)
    Samurai X: The Motion Picture (DVD) 2001-03-27 (from $7.98)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Hatsuki Tsuji
Music: Taro Iwashiro
Original story: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Character Design: Hatsuki Tsuji
Art Director: Tadashi Kudo
Chief Animation Director: Hatsuki Tsuji
Director of Photography: Hiroaki Edamitsu
Assistant Art Director: Sadahiko Tanaka
Assistant producer: Takuya Yokoyama
Color design: Masato Yokoi
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Editing Assistant:
Keiko Mizuta
Megumi Uchida
Music Performance:
Hideyo Takakuwa (Flute)
Junko Yamashiro (Bass Trombone)
Otohiko Fujita (Horn)
Tomoyuki Asakawa (Harp)
Re-recording: Futoshi Ueda
Recording: Shōji Hata
Recording Assistant:
Hajime Takagi
Keiichiro Morimoto
Subtitle Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Theme Song Performance:
Animetal (ED)
Eizō Sakamoto (ED)
L'Arc-en-Ciel (OP)
Trailer Work: Masako Hirota
Mayo Suzukaze as Kenshin Himura

Miina Tominaga as Yahiko Myôjin
Miki Fujitani as Kaoru Kamiya
Yūji Ueda as Sanosuke Sagara

Hiroshi Yanaka as Tsunan Tsukioka
Hirotaka Suzuoki as Hajime Saitô
Holly Kaneko as Aritomo Yamagata
Jūrōta Kosugi as Eibin Tamono
Kaori Yuasa as Ayame
Kappei Yamaguchi as Yasuharu Musashino
Katsuya Shiga as Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Kazuhiko Inoue as Takimi Shigure
Noriko Namiki as Suzume
Nozomu Sasaki as Gentatsu Takatsuki
Satoshi Tsuruoka as Güell
Takehito Koyasu as Sadashirô Kajiki
Yūji Mitsuya as Narration
Yūko Miyamura as Toki Takatsuki

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Gallop
Broadcaster: Animax (Japan)
Film Developing: Imagica
Lith Work: Maki Production
Music Production: Sony Music Entertainment
Publicity Assistance: Major, Inc.
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Effects: OCB Productions
Technical Assistance: Continental Far East Inc.
Titles: Maki Production
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Charles Campbell
Art Director: Andy Orjuela
Project Translator:
Chris Hutts
Masako Arakawa
ADR Script: Don Foreman
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams (2006 Thinpak)
ADR Engineer: Charles Campbell
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Logo Design: Chris Hawley
Mix & Sound Design: Charles Campbell
Packaging Design:
Chris Hawley
Victor Cormier (2006 Thinpak)
Production Coordination: Janice Williams
Production Secretary: Anna Bechtol
Subtitle Script: Lowell B. Bartholomee
Subtitle Timing: Neal Barnes
J. Shannon Weaver as Kenshin Himura
Rebecca Davis as Tomoe

Corey M. Gagne as Katsura

Ace Abclone as Obnoxious Sailor
Adam Dudley as Brawny Sailor
Ben Wolfe as Musashino
Bill Harwell as Yamagata
Bill Wise as Tomono
Boon Sheridan as Gentatsu
Clay Towery as Kajiki
Dan Bisbee as Saitou's Spy
Dan Dietz as Yamagata's Messenger
David Jones as Ambassador
David R. Jarrott as Kawaji
Derek Wade as Yahiko
Ellie McBride as Concerned Woman
Gray G. Haddock as Sanosuke
Ira Bowman as Polite Englishman
Jessica Schwartz as Child B
Jill K. Swanson as Screaming Woman
Judson L. Jones as Shigure
Kara Bliss as Kaoru
Katherine Catmull as Child A
Kelly M. McDaniel as Rude Englishman
Ken Webster as Saitou
Martin Blacker as Skinny Sailor
Pamela Ribon as Child C
Sam Grimes as Sanosuke's Spy
Samantha Inoue-Harte as Village girl
Sarah Hepola as Worried Woman
Shaneye Ferrell as Toki

English companies
Broadcaster:
AXN Asia (2004)
HBO Asia (2003)
The Anime Network
Distributor:
ADV Films (UK)
Aniplex of America (2011)
Madman Entertainment (Australia)
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming: Hulu
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Post Production: Monkey Boy Studios
Recording Studio: Monster Island
Korean cast
Korean staff
(none)
Ja-Hyeong Gu as Kenshin Himura

Jeon-A Son as Yahiko Myojin
Seon-Hui Mun as Kaoru Kamiya
Won-Hyeong Choi as Sanosuke Sagara

Gwang-Ju Jeon as Gentatsu Takatsuki
Hee Soon Kim as Toki Takatsuki
Hong Siho as Takimi Shigure
Hwan-Jin Kim as Hajime Saitou
Lee Jangwu as Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Lee Yeongran as Ayame
Myeong-Seon Lee as Suzume
Sang-Hyeon Eom as Yasuharu Musashino
Seok-Jeong Yang as Eibin Tamono
Son Wonil as Tsunan Tsukioka
Song Junseok as Sadashirô Kajiki
Yeong-Sam On as Aritomo Yamagata
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Christine Paris

Adaptation: Marie Fuchez
Sound Engineer: Cedric Lambert
Subtitling: Manu Roy
Fabien Briche as Kenshin

Eric Peter as Yahiko
Frédéric Cerdal as Kajiki
Frederic Popovic as Sanosuke
Marie Gamory as Kaoru

Eric Peter as Shigure
Frédéric Cerdal as
Gentatsu
Ryoma
Frederic Popovic as Musashito
Olivia Dutron as Toki
Thierry Kazazian as
Kakashita
Tamono
Yamagato
French companies
Distributor: Dybex
Dubbing: Studio Chinkel
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Carles Lladó as Kenshin Himura (Spain dub)
Oscar Flores as Kenshin Himura
Xavier Casan as Kenshin Himura (Catalan dub)

Aleix Estadella as Sanosuke Sagara (Catalan dub)
Carmen Calvell as Yahiko Myojin (Spain dub)
Diana De Guzmán as Toki Takatsuki (Spain dub)
Elisabet Bargalló as Yahiko Myôjin (Catalan dub)
Maria Rosa Guillén as Kaoru Kamiya (Spain dub)
Marta Covas as Kaoru Kamiya (Catalan dub)
Núria Trifol as Toki Takatsuki (Catalan dub)
Pepe García as Takimi Shigure (Spain dub)
Roger Pera as Takimi Shigure (Catalan dub)
Victor Ugarte as Yahiko Myojin

Adolfo Pérez as Hajime Saito (Spain dub)
Anna Orra as Ayame (Catalan dub)
Antoni Forteza as Hajime Saitô (Catalan dub)
Francesc Belda as Sadashiro Kajiki (Spain dub)
Francesc Rocamora as Toshiyoshi Kawaji (Spain dub)
Germán José as Tsunan Tsukioka (Spain dub)
Hernán Fernández as Yasuharu Musashino (Catalan dub)
Jaume Comas as Toshiyoshi Kawaji (Catalan dub)
Jaume Costa as Tsunan Tsukioka (Catalan dub)
Joan Pera as Aritomo Yamagata (Catalan dub)
Norbert Ibero as Sadashirô Kajiki (Catalan dub)
Oscar Redondo as Gentatsu Takatsuki (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordonez as Aritomo Yamagata (Spain dub)
Salvador Delgado as Shigure Takimi
Santi Lorenz as Eibin Tamono (Catalan dub)
Tasio Alonso as Eibin Tamono (Spain dub)
Xavier Fernández as Gentatsu Takatsuki (Catalan dub)

Eduardo Soler (Spain dub)
Francesc Rocamora (Spain dub)
Ramón Rocabayera (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
Cartoon Network L.A.
K3 (Televisió de Catalunya)
Televisa Canal 5 (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio:
Auditel S.A (Mexico City, Mexico)
Cristal Media (Spain dub)
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Art Director: Andrea Sergio

Dialogues: Paolo Sala
Dubbing Assistant: Elvy Scalise
Dubbing Sound: David Polini
Editorial Coordination:
Piero Piacentini
Stefania Piacentini
Editorial Director: Anna Marani
Licensing: Mandy Mometti
Managing Director: Massimiliano Rella
Marketing Director: Giorgio Pulini (italian edition)
Partners Coordination:
Alice Quaglino
Gianluca Aicardi
Product Manager: Simona Stanzani
Production Director: Fabrizio Mazzotta
Project Manager: Carlo Cavazzoni
Synchronization: Walter Polini
Davide Lepore as Kenshin Himura

Daniele Raffaeli as Yahiko Myojin
Giuliano Bonetto as Takimi Shigure
Maria Letizia Scifoni as Toki Takatsuki
Nanni Baldini as Sanosuke Sagara

Antonella Baldini as Kaoru Kamiya
Christian Iansante as Hajime Saito
Loris Loddi as Kajiki
Maurizio Fiorentini as Gentatsu Takatsuki
Mauro Bosco as Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Roberto Certoma' as Eibin Tabono
Sergio Di Giulio as Arimoto Yamagata
Stefano De Filippis as Yasuharu Musashino
Italian companies
German staff
German cast
(none)
Alexander Doering as Sanosuke Sagara
Jan Panczak as Yahiko Myojin
Katrin Zimmermann as Kaoru Kamiya
René Dawn-Claude as Kenshin Himura

Anita Hopt as Toki Takatsuki
Asad Schwarz as Tsunan Tsukioka
Bernd Vollbrecht as Eibin Tamono
Felix Spieß as Yasuharu Musashino
Helmut Gauß as Aritomo Yamagata
Matthias Deutelmoser as Takimi Shigure
Sebastian Jacob as Hajime Saito
Stefan Staudinger as Toshiyoshi Kawaji

Katie Pfleghar as Ayame
Maxi Häcke as Suzume
German companies
Distributor: Kazé Germany
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Tagalog staff
Tagalog cast
(none)
Alexx Agcaoili as Sanosuke Sagara
Candice Arellano as Kaoru Kamiya
Louie Paraboles as Yoshi Myojin (Yahiko Myojin)
Richie Padilla as Kenshin Himura
Tagalog companies
Broadcaster: ABS-CBN (April 11, 2005)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Affonso Amajones as Sanosuke Sagara
Denise Reis as Kaoru Kamiya
Rodrigo Andreatto as Yahiko Myojin
Tatá Guarnieri as Kenshin Himura

Leonardo Camilo as Shigure Takimi
Letícia Quinto as Toki Takatsuki
Marcelo Campos as Gentatsu Takatsuki
Mauro Eduardo as Kajiki Sadashiro

Alexandre Marconato as Hajime Saito
Bruno Rocha as Rude Englishman #1
Celso Alves as Tsunan Tsukioka (Sanosuke' spy)
Dado Monteiro as Sailor
Fábio Vila Longa as Aritomo Yamagata
Marcos Hailer as Rude Englishman #2
Mário Jorge as Toshiyoshi Kawaji
Nelson Machado as Eibin Tamono
Renato Soares as Narrator
Rita Almeida as Gensai Suzume
Sérgio Corsetti as Yasuharu Musashino

Portuguese companies
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network Brasil
Dubbing Studio: BKS 

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