Max Manus: Man of War vs Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.1/10 for Max Manus: Man of War). Max Manus: Man of War is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h 14m. Max Manus: Man of War is the older of the two (2008 against 2012). Both are action, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Max Manus: Man of War posterMax Manus: Man of War2008 VS Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012
Max Manus: Man of WarRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 7.5/10
Year20082012
Length1h 58m2h 14m
GenresAction, Crime, History, WarAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, War
Country–Japan
DirectorEspen Sandberg, Joachim RønningKeishi Otomo
Main castStig Henrik Hoff, Pål Sverre Hagen, Aksel Hennie, Christian Rubeck, Mats EldøenTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go Ayano

Synopsis

Max Manus: Man of War

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

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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