Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins vs Troy

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.2/10 for Troy). Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 43m. Troy is the older of the two (2004 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 Troy posterTroy2004
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsTroy
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.2/10
Year20122004
Length2h 14m2h 43m
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, WarAction, History, War
CountryJapan–
DirectorKeishi OtomoWolfgang Petersen
Main castTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go AyanoBrian Cox, Garrett Hedlund, Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson

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.

Troy

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

Where to watch

Where to watch Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsWhere to watch Troy

More like Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins · More like Troy · Compare other titles