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Samurai X, Director's cut, Nobuhiro Watsuki/Shueisha Jump Comics ; Fuji-TV ; SME Visual Works ; producers, Ena Kiryama, Keiichi Matsuda ; screenplay, Reiko Yoshida ; director, Kazuhiro Furuhashi

jpn

videorecording

MPAA rating: 17+

Samurai X

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Nobuhiro Watsuki/Shueisha Jump Comics ; Fuji-TV ; SME Visual Works ; producers, Ena Kiryama, Keiichi Matsuda ; screenplay, Reiko Yoshida ; director, Kazuhiro Furuhashi

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Director's cut

Four episodes of Samurai X are recut as a feature that serves as a prequel to both Samurai X: The Motion Picture and the light hearted television series. The action unfolds in 1864, at the beginning of the revolution against the Tokugawa Shogunate that culminated in the Meiji Restoration. The orphan Shinta is transformed by master swordsman Hiko into Kenshin, an assassin who believes he is using his sword to bring about a better world. When he and the mysterious Tomoe hide from the intrigues of Kyoto in a remote mountain village, Kenshin finds peace, raising crops and savoring the passage of the seasons, but this tranquility cannot endure

adult

animation

Trust and betrayalSamurai X Director's cut