Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins vs The Great Raid

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.5/10 for The Great Raid). The Great Raid is the shorter watch at 2h 12m compared with 2h 14m. The Great Raid is the older of the two (2005 against 2012). Both are action, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012 VS The Great Raid posterThe Great Raid2005
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsThe Great Raid
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.5/10
Year20122005
Length2h 14m2h 12m
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, WarAction, History, War
CountryJapan–
DirectorKeishi OtomoJohn Dahl
Main castTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go AyanoConnie Nielsen, Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Max Martini, Marton Csokas

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.

The Great Raid

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.

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