Title: Samurai X
Japanese: るろうに剣心
Blu-ray & DVD release date: 26/12/2012 (live-action movie)
Theatrical release date: 25/8/2012 (JP) and 5/12/2012 (other countries)
Genres: Action, Drama, Chanbara
Original creator: Nobuhiro Watsuki
Director: Keishi Ōtomo
Written by: Kiyomi Fujii and Keishi Otomo
Music by: Naoki Sato
Cinematography: Takuro Ishizaka
Editing by: Tsuyoshi Imai
Produced by: Osamu Kubota, Shinzō Matsuhashi and William Ireton
Distributed by: Warner Bros
Studio: Studio Swan
Main Cast: Takeru Satō as Kenshin Himura (Hitokiri Battōsai)
Emi Takei as Kaoru Kamiya
Munetaka Aoki as Sanosuke Sagara
Taketo Tanaka as Yahiko Myojin
Yosuke Eguchi as Hajime Saitō
Yu Aoi as Megumi Takani
Koji Kikkawa as Udō Jin-e
Teruyuki Kagawa as Kanryu Takeda
Gou Ayano as Gein
Genki Sudo as Banjin Inui
Eiji Okuda as Aritomo Yamagata
Movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/embed/90ubrsSxrKc?rel=0&autoplay=1
Official website: http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/rurouni-kenshin/1/index.html
Synopsis: Former legendary assassin Kenshin Himura (Takeru Sato) has now become a wandering samurai. Offerring aid & protecting those in need as atonement for his past deeds. During this time Kenshin Himura comes across and aides Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei). Her father opened the Kamiya Kasshin-ryu, a kendo school located in Tokyo and Kaoru is now an instructor there. Kaoru then invites Kenshin to stay at her dojo. Their relationship develops further, but Kenshin is still haunted by his violent past.