- HD 1080
- Runtime: 134m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Keishi Otomo
- Stars: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Koji Kikkawa, Yu Aoi, Munetaka Aoki
- keywords: japan, assassin, samurai, based on manga, jidaigeki, shinsengumi, 19th century, meiji period, bakumatsu
- Production_studio: Studio Swan, ROCKWORKS, C&I entertainment, IMJ Entertainment, Amuse Soft Entertainment, Warner Bros. Japan, Warner Bros. Pictures, GAGA Corporation
- Slogan: The Journey Begins.
- providers: Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
- The Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins is featured in the top rankings of 2012
- #8 in Top Adventure Movies of 2012
- #2 in Top Fantasy Movies of 2012
- #6 in Top Action Movies of 2012
- #3 in Top War Movies of 2012
In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.