King Arthur vs Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.3/10 for King Arthur). King Arthur is the shorter watch at 2h 6m compared with 2h 14m. King Arthur is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are action, adventure, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

King Arthur posterKing Arthur2004 VS Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012
King ArthurRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 7.5/10
Year20042012
Length2h 6m2h 14m
GenresAction, Adventure, Drama, History, WarAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, War
Country–Japan
DirectorAntoine FuquaKeishi Otomo
Main castRay Stevenson, Joel Edgerton, Keira Knightley, Mads Mikkelsen, Hugh DancyTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go Ayano

Synopsis

King Arthur

The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

In 1868, after the Bakumatsu war ends, the ex-assassin Kenshin Himura traverses Japan with an inverted sword, to defend the needy without killing.

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