Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning vs The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.7/10 for Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning). Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning is the shorter watch at 2h 18m compared with 2h 58m. Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning is the older of the two (2021 against 2024). Both are action, adventure, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning posterRurouni Kenshin: The Beginning2021 VS The Count of Monte Cristo posterThe Count of Monte Cristo2024
Rurouni Kenshin: The BeginningThe Count of Monte Cristo
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 8.0/10
Year20212024
Length2h 18m2h 58m
GenresAction, Adventure, Drama, RomanceAction, Adventure, Drama
Country––
DirectorKeishi OtomoAlexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Main castTakeru Satoh, Towa Araki, Yosuke Eguchi, Masanobu Ando, Kazuki KitamuraLaurent Lafitte, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Pierfrancesco Favino

Synopsis

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

Before he was a protector, Kenshin was a fearsome assassin known as Battosai. But when he meets gentle Tomoe Yukishiro, a beautiful young woman who carries a huge burden in her heart, his life will change forever.

The Count of Monte Cristo

Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

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