Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins vs The Time Tree

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7/10 for The Time Tree). The Time Tree is the shorter watch at 18m compared with 2h 14m. Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are fantasy, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins posterRurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins2012 VS The Time Tree posterThe Time Tree2018
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsThe Time Tree
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.0/10
Year20122018
Length2h 14m18m
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, WarFantasy, History
CountryJapan–
DirectorKeishi OtomoCeline Cotran
Main castTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go AyanoMiranda Beinart-Smith, Jillian Bradley, Autumn Parker, Stephanie Lane

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 Time Tree

1596. Anne, a deaf girl, bullied by the maids and mistresses who look after her, finds solace when she comes across a magical tree: a portal to the present, where she meets Jo and Rachel, who help her overcome her disability in a way she could never have imagined.

Where to watch

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