Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Keishi Otomo
(as Keishi Ohtomo)

Writing Credits

Nobuhiro Watsuki
(manga)
Kiyomi Fujii
(screenplay) and
Keishi Otomo
(screenplay) (as Keishi Ohtomo)

Cast

Takeru Satoh
Kenshin Himura
Emi Takei
Kaoru Kamiya
Yû Aoi
Megumi Takani
Munetaka Aoki
Sanosuke Sagara
Gô Ayano
Gein (Kanryu's henchman)
Yôsuke Eguchi
Saito Hajime
Teruyuki Kagawa
Kanryuu Takeda
Kôji Kikkawa
Jine Udo
Masataka Kubota
Akira Kiyosato
Eiji Okuda
Yamagata Aritomo
Genki Sudô
Inui Banjin
Taketo Tanaka
Yahiko Myojin
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Kogoro Katsura
Kaoru Hirata
Tae Sekihara
Mei Nagano
Tsubame Sanjo
Yôsuke Saitô
Chief Uramura

Produced by

Satoshi Egawa
co-producer
Tatsuro Hatanaka
producer
Shinsuke Higuchi
co-producer
Kôji Hirano
line producer
Takeo Hisamatsu
producer
Masahiko Ibaraki
producer
William Ireton
chief producer
Hiroaki Kitano
producer
Hiroyoshi Koiwai
executive producer
Osamu Kubota
producer
Shinzô Matsuhashi
producer
Osamu Naitô
producer
Makoto Takahashi
producer

Music by

Naoki Satô

Cinematography by

Takurô Ishizaka
director of photography (as Takuro Ishizaka)

Editing by

Tsuyoshi Imai

Production Design by

So Hashimoto

Art Direction by

Tsukuru Hashimoto

Set Decoration by

Daichi Watanabe

Costume Design by

Kazuhiro Sawataishi

Makeup Department

ShinYa
hair/makeup artist

Production Management

Mitsuteru Baba
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ryuichi Saeki
schedule manager
Satoshi Tanaka
assistant director

Art Department

Yasuhito Tekamura
art producer

Sound Department

Masatoshi Katsumata
supervising sound editor
Hiroaki Masuko
production sound mixer
Tony Moller
re-recording mixer
Akihiko Okase
sound effect

Visual Effects by

Kazuyori Kosaka
visual effects supervisor

Stunts

Masafumi Oishi
stunts
Masaki Onishi
stunts
Akihiko Sai
stunt actor
Kenji Sato
stunt performer
Kenji Tanigaki
action director / stunt coordinator
Takahito Ôuchi
stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Katsutoshi Hirano
gaffer
Jitsu Toyoda
"c" camera operator

Music Department

Kôzô Araki
music producer
Jonathan Hammill
musician: horn
Hideo Hirata
conductor
Masami Horisawa
musician: cello
Shoji Kobayashi
music copyist
Hiroshi Kurata
musician: trombone
Mina Muranaka
musician: horn
Kôichi Nonoshita
musician: bass trombone
Mikio Obata
recording & mixing engineer
Keisuke Ohta
musician: violin solo
Chie Satô
assistant engineer: Sound Inn Studios
Hiroki Satô
musician: trombone (as Hiroki Satou)
Naoki Satô
arranger / other instruments programming
Masatsugu Shinozaki
musician: violin
Satoshi Shôji
musician: shehnai
Hidetoshi Suzuki
musician: electric guitar
Taro Terahara
musician: bansuri
Yuji Tsunemi
musician: oud
Rio Yamagishi
musician: horn
Yûta Ôno
musician: horn (as Yuta Ohno)

Additional Crew

Kaoru Kurosaki
screenplay collaboration
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