Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Section 23
• VHS Release Date: August 22, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 630587218X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,792 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drago Senpai, July 16, 2000

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This review is from: Samurai X 1: Trust [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Beautiful Animation, you see the hardships and troubles that a young man goes through. Set in the 1860's, one of Japan's most troubled political times. We see Himura Kenshin as he loses his inocence at a very young age to become a samurai. Fighting for the promise of a political balance and a better era, he stands as an assasin for a political group. Lots of samurai style fighting, drama, love and suspense all in one. I cannot recommend this movie any higher!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Rouruni Kenshin film ¿what else can I say?, February 22, 2003

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mjab (Gardena, California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Samurai X 1: Trust [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It's an epic masterpiece that can easely be compared with Akira Kurosawa's live action films(exept this one is a little bit more bloody).This anime is packed with action,political plots and romance,and as I said it is kind of bloody but it ain't no ninja sroll, plus it isn't actually an action film but you can still watch some neat body choping scenes.To sum this up this anime is a great must have motion film.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I am a killer who brings the bloody rain.", June 6, 2001

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Mark Lee "Peacemaker" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samurai X 1: Trust [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This anime ROCKS! It is the story of a time in Feudal Japan, where the ideal way of eliminating the old regime is to destroy anything that resembles it. Kenshin is a very young man who is taught the skills to become a ruthless, deadly assassin. He soon became famous for his killing skills. But when Kenshin meets a beautiful but depressed girl named Tomoe, he falls in love and realizes that he really doesn't want to live life as a ruthless murderer. Eventually, Kenshin learns why Tomoe is so depressed. And this reason soon proves to be devastating.....

I expected this anime to be a total gore-fest, filled with nothing but endless action and guys getting chopped in half. But I was actually quite wrong! The first episode is mostly action, but the second and third episodes contain a great deal of romance as well. And the fourth episode is the conclusion....and it's absolutely heartbreaking. The ending is shocking, startling, jaw-dropping. It's very sad actually. This film has one of the most tearjerking endings I have seen since "Grave of the Fireflies." Funny how both films are anime.

But just because the film isn't all action doesn't mean it isn't gory. This is a very violent movie, with plenty of mutilations, decapitations, and copious amounts of blood. It wasn't rated by the MPAA, but it would merit a solid R for the graphic violence and gore. (There's no nudity, however. It doesn't need any.)

Stunning animation and spectacular storytelling, exhilarating action and enchanting romance, breathtaking adventure and heartbreaking drama--"Samurai X: Rurouni Kenshin" has it all. And it's a masterpiece.

(This text refers to the subtitled VHS version.)