Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins vs The Stronghold

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for The Stronghold). The Stronghold is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 14m. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are action, adventure, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012 VS The Stronghold posterThe Stronghold2017
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsThe Stronghold
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.2/10
Year20122017
Length2h 14m1h 40m
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, WarAction, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, History
CountryJapan–
DirectorKeishi OtomoYuriy Kovalyov
Main castTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go AyanoNataliia Sumska, Andrii Mostrenko, Roman Lutskyi, Oleh Voloshchenko, Danyil Kamenskyi

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 Stronghold

A solar eclipse activates a magic time portal, and a regular schoolboy Vit'ko from the 21st century goes a thousand years back in time. It doesn’t take Vitya long to recognize the legendary bogatyrs in young Oleshko, powerful Ilya and severe Dobrynya. Their life passes in fighting cumans who try to destroy Rusichi at any cost, using both weapons and black magic. Vitya finds himself in the very midst of incredible events, battles with mythical…

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