Rurouni Kenshin

The movie adaptation of the popular Samurai X manga did not disappoint me.  Himura Kenshin, a peaceful wanderer, formerly the infamous government assassin, Battosai the Slasher, tries to atone for his past sins by doing good deeds to needy people.  He now uses a reverse edge blade since he has taken a vow not to kill again.  He helps a young lady kendo practitioner, Kamiya Kaoru, and goes on to stop a power-hungry businessman from distributing a fortified version of opium.  At the end of the movie, the wanderer stays on to live in the Kamiya dojo (the manga has them developing romantic feelings with each other).  Nice action scenes, true to the manga plot, with plenty of mean (and funky) antagonists.  I'm really a sucker for all that samurai and ninja jazz!