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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
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Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
Original name: るろうに剣心 京都大火編
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: 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. Against Kaoru's wishes, Kenshin reluctantly agrees to go to Kyoto and help keep his country from falling back into civil war.
Style: stylized, suspense, intense, anime, exciting, suspenseful, manga, dorama, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: samurai, katana, martial arts, sword fight, survival, medieval, assassin, redemption, ambition, good versus evil, rivalry, political unrest, samurai era, heroes, master warrior, warrior, power struggle, showdown, fight for supremacy, murderer, hitman, murder, battles, political intrigue, political conspiracy ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: japan, asia, kyoto japan, hong kong, tokyo
Keyword: fighting movie, doctors

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Duration: 134 min.
Story: Shishio has set sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the Meiji government and return Japan to chaos, carrying Kaoru with him. In order to stop him in time, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.
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Time: 1800s, 2010s, 1870s, 1860s, 19th century
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Azumi (2003)
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Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Zatoichi's Revenge (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
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Time: 19th century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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