Rurôni Kenshin: Meiji kenkaku roman tan: Tsuioku hen 1999

Prequel to Rurouni Kenshin, the TV series, and a director's cut/compilation of the Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal OVA Mini-Series. The movie follows Kenshin from the time he was a young boy named Shinta and saved from Bandits by a swordsman known as Hiko Seijuro; a master of the Hiten Mitsurugi. After years of training, he joins the revolution against the Tokugawa shogunate as an Assassin earning him the name Hitokiri Battousai His various campaigns reveal how he received the name Battousai, as well as the origins of his Cross-shaped scar, and why he eventually carries the reverse blade Sakabato through the Meiji Restoration.

Cast:

Mayo Suzukaze
Kenshin Himura 

Junko Iwao
Tomoe Yukishiro 

Nozomu Sasaki
Enishi Yukishiro 

Masami Suzuki
Shinta 

Shuichi Ikeda
Seijuro Hiko 

Tomokazu Seki
Kogoro Katsura 

• Rurouni Kenshin - Trust and Betrayal
• Samurai X: Trust & Betrayal (Director's Cut)