Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
2021 2h 18m movie Film Japan

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

るろうに剣心 最終章 The Beginning

Synopsis

るろうに剣心 最終章 The Beginning

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.

Audience Engagement

374
Reviews
92nd
Review-volume percentile
92nd
Popularity percentile

374 audience reviews — more than 92% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among Japan films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Warner Bros. Japan

Action + Adventure in Japan

1030 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning itself).

The 2020–2022 Japan Window

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning holds position #162 of 452 Japan films in the 2020–2022 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #1

    Revue Starlight: The Movie

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  2. Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
    #2

    Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

    ★ 8.8 · 2021
  3. Romantic Killer
    #3

    Romantic Killer

    ★ 8.7 · 2022
  4. Police in a Pod
    #4

    Police in a Pod

    ★ 8.7 · 2021
  5. Jujutsu Kaisen
    #5

    Jujutsu Kaisen

    ★ 8.6 · 2020
  6. SPY x FAMILY
    #6

    SPY x FAMILY

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  7. Chainsaw Man
    #7

    Chainsaw Man

    ★ 8.6 · 2022
  8. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
    #8

    Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

    ★ 8.6 · 2022

The 2020s Japan Landscape

2021 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 170 titles released, including Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (539 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 169 other Japan films in 2021.

The 4269th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • shinsengumi · 5
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • samurai sword · 16
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • japan · 454
  • based on manga · 297
  • samurai · 128

Reception Benchmarks

7.6
TMDB Rating
374
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,037 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (77th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #464 of 1,714 (top 27%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesWarner Bros. Japan, Amuse Soft Entertainment
Runtime2h 18m
Release DateJune 4, 2021
IMDbtt11991748
Official Sitewwws.warnerbros.co.jp

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