Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Kenshin has settled into his new life with Kaoru and his other friends when he is approached with a request from the Meiji government. Makoto Shishio, a former assassin like Kenshin, was betrayed, set on fire and left for dead. He survived, and is now in Kyoto, plotting with his gathered warriors to overthrow the new government. Agains...

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Keishi Otomo

Cast

Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Keishi Otomo

Cast

Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Munetaka Aoki

Lord Oda Nobunaga plans to control Japan where rival warlords battle by waging war against several clans. His vassal Araki Murashige stages a rebellion and promptly disappears.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Takeshi Kitano

Cast

Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ryo Kase, Tadanobu Asano

Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. Th...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sota Fukushi

In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate assassin.

Runtime

2h 8m

Director

Ryuhei Kitamura

Cast

Aya Ueto, Kenji Kohashi, Hiroki Narimiya

Ida's friend Miriam visits the school for three months, but a secret threatens to tear them apart. Miriam is entrusted with the tarsier Fitzgeraldo, while Max, deeply in love, is given the owl Muriel. Meanwhile, the sale of the school is imminent, and the future of the magical community is in peril.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Bernhard Jasper, Maggie Peren

Cast

Emilia Maier, Loris Sichrovsky, Marleen Lohse

After years working as a border patrolman, José has developed a salty crust of cynicism about his work, which places him in a position to decide the fates of many. José's weary attitude is put to the test when he encounters Nathalie, a German tourist assisting a boatload of refugees she discovered landing on the Canary shores. One of t...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Maggie Peren

Cast

Álex González, Hubert Koundé, Nathalie Poza

Director

Maggie Peren

Cast

Karoline Herfurth, Julia Jentsch, Emilia Maier