Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal

Release

20 Feb 1999

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Production

Overview

Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal details the origins of the man who would bear the name of Hitokiri Battosai long before he swore his oath not to kill and before he earned his reputation as an assassin. The young man's heart is divided between justice and corruption, while the fate of a nation rests on his actions.

Season 1

In the era of Japan's Meiji Restoration, an assassin regains his humanity.

Air Date:21 Feb 1999

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The Man of the Slashing Sword

Kenshin Himura survives a vicious bandit raid to be taken under the tutelage of master swordsman, Soujiro Hiko the 13th. Forged to be a weapon for justice, Kenshin becomes a tool for revolutionary interests as a hired assassin whose fate will become bound to Tomoe, the widow of man he has slain.

Runtime:29m

Air Date:21 Feb 1999Available