Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (1999)
- Original title
- るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 追憶編
- Directed by
- Kazuhiro Furuhashi
- Genre
- tragedy, drama anime and manga, martial arts anime, romance anime, action anime
- Country
- Japan
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film tells the story of Himura Kenshin before he became a peaceful wanderer. It shows how he worked as a killer during a civil war, and how a woman named Tomoe changed his life and gave him his famous scar.
melancholictragicslow-burnvisually lushintimateatmosphericsomberromantic
What happens
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal, known in Japan as Rurōni Kenshin -Meiji Kenkaku Rōman Tan- Tsuioku-hen (Japanese: るろうに剣心 -明治剣客浪漫譚- 追憶編; "Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story – Recollection (or Reminiscence) Chapter"), is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series, based on the Rurouni Kenshin manga series by Nobuhiro Watsuki, and a prequel to its 1996–1998 anime adaptation. Trust & Betrayal chronicles the story of Himura Kenshin as the Hitokiri Battōsai during the final years of the Bakumatsu era while also revealing the origins of his cross-shaped scar and exploring his relationship with a woman named Yukishiro Tomoe. The OVA series was first licensed by ADV Films for VHS and DVD releases in North America and the United Kingdom, and by Madman Entertainment for releases in Australasia, under the title Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal. Trust & Betrayal was later collected into a two-hour feature-length motion picture with new animated sequences and released theatrically in Japan. In 2003, this movie edition was eventually released in North America on DVD as a director's cut edition by ADV Films. After ADV Films' closure in 2009, Aniplex of America licensed the OVA series for a Blu-ray release in North America under its original title: Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal. The OVA was praised for its story, animation, art, music and Japanese voice acting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.