Director: Keishi Ohtomo
Casts: Takeru Satoh, Emi Takei, Kouji Kikkawa, Yu Aoi, Munetaka Aoki, Yousuke Eguchi, Teruyuki Kagawa
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance

Description:
Its been ten years since the start of the Meiji Era and Japans transition from the Middle Ages to industrialization. Unemployed, having lost the right to wear the sword, and facing guns and cannons, the samurai have gradually disappeared into legend.
  
In Tokyo, a man calling himself the Hitokiri Battousai (The Man slayer) has appeared. Recklessly standing against him is the young woman Kaoru Kamiya (Emi Takei) and the mysterious man who saves her.
  
As fate would have it, Kaorus savior was actually the assassin who, in the Bakumatsu period, once earned the title Hitokiri Battousai. He has since changed his name to Kenshin Himura (Takeru Satoh), a vagabond devoting his life to protecting others with his reverse blade. He becomes a lodger at Kaorus dojo, where she struggles to continue the sword style her father left behind.
  
The true identity behind the new and false Hitokiri Battousai is Jin-e Udo (Kouji Kikkawa), a bodyguard for the industrialist Kanryu Takeda (Teruyuki Kagawa). Forcing the female doctor Takani Megumi (Yu Aoi) to make opium, Kanryu makes a great deal of money that he uses to purchase weapons to further his goal of trying to control the world.
  
Police officer Saito Hajime (Yousuke Eguchi), a former member of the Shinsengumi, catches onto Kanryus scheme but is incapable of laying a hand on the man due to his strong political influence. Kicking off his plans, Kanryu begins to take the lives of innocent people in a bid to acquire the land around Kaorus dojo.
  
Unable to turn a blind eye to those who are suffering, Kenshin decides to take action. Faced with the insurmountable odds of facing Kanryus 250 man personal guard, Kenshins only ally is a brawler named Sanosuke Sagara. Will he be able to protect the people he cares about with only his reverse blade?