Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins vs We Were Soldiers

Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 7.1/10 for We Were Soldiers). Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins is the shorter watch at 2h 14m compared with 2h 18m. We Were Soldiers is the older of the two (2002 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 We Were Soldiers posterWe Were Soldiers2002
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: OriginsWe Were Soldiers
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 7.1/10
Year20122002
Length2h 14m2h 18m
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, History, WarAction, History, War
CountryJapan–
DirectorKeishi OtomoRandall Wallace
Main castTakeru Satoh, Yosuke Eguchi, Koji Kikkawa, Eiji Okuda, Go AyanoJon Hamm, Clark Gregg, Mel Gibson, Keri Russell, Greg Kinnear

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.

We Were Soldiers

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

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