Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins vs Saints and Soldiers

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.3/10 for Saints and Soldiers). Saints and Soldiers is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 14m. Saints and Soldiers is the older of the two (2003 against 2012). Both are action, adventure, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012 VS Saints and Soldiers posterSaints and Soldiers2003
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsSaints and Soldiers
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.3/10
Year20122003
Length2h 14m1h 30m
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, WarAction, Adventure, Drama, History, War
CountryJapan–
DirectorKeishi OtomoRyan Little
Main castTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go AyanoMelinda Renee, Larry Bagby, Kirby Heyborne, Peter Holden, Alexander Polinsky

Synopsis

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.

Saints and Soldiers

Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory after being separated from U.S. forces during the historic Malmedy Massacre.

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