Rurouni Kenshin

Keishi Otomo
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New York Asian Film Festival 2013

June 28 - July 11, 2013

New York Premiere!

This live-action adaptation of the wildly popular manga follows a Meiji era assassin who leaves his life behind to become a protector of the common man.

DIRECTOR
Keishi Otomo
YEAR
2012
COUNTRY
Japan
RUNTIME
134 minutes
START DATE
July 9, 2013

New York Premiere!

Japan’s number one box-office hit of 2012, this live-action adaptation of a manga about a Meiji era assassin who leaves his life behind to become a protector of the common man has sold 55 million copies as a manga, and spawned several wildly popular animated adaptations. And it’s one hell of a sword-fighting movie.

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