History Film / RurouniKenshin

** Kenshin's first move against the ruffians attacking the Kamiya-Kasshin Ryu dojo is the signature BarehandedBladeBlock technique... of the Kamiya-Kasshin Ryu.

On the last day of the Bakumatsu, former assassin, Himura Kenshin ([[Series/KamenRiderDenO Takeru Satoh]]), made one simple vow: to never take a human life again. Wandering for ten years afterwards allows him to stay true to his word, while all of Japan breaks away from shogunate rule to modernize. One day, Kenshin meets a girl, Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei), who not only runs her father's Kendo dojo, but also shares the same peaceful interests as him. But when an uncaring businessman (Teruyuki Kagawa) and a blood-thirsty murderer ([[Series/KamenRiderDouble Koji Kikkawa]]) attempt to make their own marks on the country, Kenshin must step up and fight for this new, better world that he cherishes.

* RatedMForManly: Sanosuke, as to be expected of his boisterous energy. Saitou manages to evoke this image just by standing there, smoking and looking scary.

* PowerWalk: The whole scene with Kenshin and Sanosuke droppin' punks left and right sets this up for our heroes, as they enter the Takeda building proper.

''Rurouni Kenshin'' (るろうに剣心, Rurōni Kenshin), [[ForeignReleaseTitleChange marketed in international releases]] as ''Rurouni Kenshin: Origins'' is a 2012 Japanese live-action film based on the Tokyo arc of the ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki, [[AdaptationDistillation despite some slight adjustments to the story]]. It was released in Japanese cinemas on August 25th, 2012, and serves as the first installment in the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' film series.

''Rurouni Kenshin'' (るろうに剣心, Rurōni Kenshin) is a 2012 Japanese live-action film based on the Tokyo arc of the ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki, [[AdaptationDistillation despite some slight adjustments to the story]]. It was released in Japanese cinemas on August 25th, 2012, and serves as the first installment in the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' film series.

* ArcWords: "The new world."
* TheAtoner: Kenshin.

* {{BFS}}: Sagara Sanoskue's "Zanbatou" (Horse-Cleaving Sword). It's scaled down from the anime version and ''still'' manages to be awesome.
* BottomlessMagazines: Gein puts up a ridiculous volume of fire for a pair of 4-shot pistols. A reasonable amount, however, for the 12-shooters that were invented around that time, which is probably what he has. This troper counted.
* BookEnds[=/=]ArcWords: Spoken as Saitou as a cynical rebuke to Kenshin's pacifistic idealism ([[AdaptationDistillation which were originally the swordsmith Arai Shakku's]] ArmorPiercingQuestion to Kenshin/Battousai just before he set out on his 10-year journey in the manga/anime).

* XMarksTheHero: Kenshin again!

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The EndingTheme by One OK Rock is almost entirely made of this. You probably wouldn't notice it was sung by a Japanese band until the language suddenly switches to Japanese ''mid-sentence'' in the second verse.

* TheTeam:
** TheHero: Himura Kenshin.
** TheChick: Kamiya Kaoru.
** TheBigGuy[=/=]TheLancer: Sagara Sannosuke.
** TagalongKid: Myojin Yahiko.
** TheSmartGuy: Takani Megumi.
** TheSixthRanger[=/=]TheLancer: Saitou Hajime.

* FiveManBand
** BigBad: Takeda Kanryu.
** TheDragon: Udo Jin-e.
** TheBrute: Inui Banjin.
** TheEvilGenius: Gein.
** TheDarkChick: Takani Megumi, though not by choice.

* MoneyIsNotPower: Kenshin's ReasonYouSuckSpeech about this subject to Kanryu is made far more chilling than in the original manga and anime, due to a slightly changed line and the fact that he's Battousai mode when giving it.
--> '''Kenshin''': Do you know what money ''can't'' buy, Kanryu? It's what you're begging for right now. Your life.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Except for Gein (who went from being an old, short-statured puppeteer becomes [[spoiler: a young, pretty good-looking blond {{ninja}} in leather whose worst 0deformity is a facial burn]]), and Jin-e who play this trope straight, the film [[AvertedTrope averts this]]. They actually went out of their way to make everyone look like their manga/anime counterparts with regards to realism (Sanosuke is more beefy out of necessity, and Megumi's eyebrows resemble those of Heian-era noblewomen, [[NoblewomansLaugh befitting her quirks]]). Others who don't, like General Yamagata, look more similar to their RealLife counterparts.

* RealEstateScam: Kanryu wants to turn Kaoru's village into a port he controls so that he can ship drugs and weapons out more freely, so he hires Jin-E to be the false Battousai to scare people into wanting to sell their land and move out.

On the last day of the Bakumatsu, former assassin, Himura Kenshin ([[Series/KamenRiderDenO Takeru Satoh]]), made one simple vow: to never take a human life again. Wandering for ten years afterwards allows him to stay true to his word, while all of Japan breaks away from shogunate rule to modernize. One day, his attempts to travel anonymously causes him to meets a girl, Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). She not only runs her father's Kendo dojo, but also shares the same peaceful interests as him. But when an uncaring businessman (Teruyuki Kagawa) and a blood-thirsty murderer ([[Series/KamenRiderDouble Koji Kikkawa]]) attempt to make their own marks on the country, Kenshin must step up and fight for this new, better world that he cherishes.

After the success of the first film, sequels immediately followed: the second, ''Film/RurouniKenshinKyotoInferno'' was released on August 1, 2014, while the third, ''Film/RurouniKenshinTheLegendEnds'', was released on September 13 of the same year, both covering the Kyoto Arc.

Two more films, ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheFinal The Final]]'' and ''[[Film/RurouniKenshinTheBeginning The Beginning]]'', covering the Jinchū and Tsuiokuhen arcs, were released in 2021.