2005 film by Seiji Mizushima

2001 Japanese anime film by Shin'ichirō Watanabe

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword to fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.

年幼的爱力克兄弟十分思念去世的母亲，不惜触犯炼金术中最大的禁忌，进行了人体炼成。可是炼成失败了，哥哥爱德华失去了左腿与右臂，弟弟阿尔冯斯失去了肉体，只能把灵魂附身在一副铠甲上。为了偿还他们自己的罪，找回失去的一切，兄弟二人踏上了寻找传说中的“贤者之石”的旅程。
几年后，一位右臂与左腿都是由“机械铠甲”替代的国家炼金术士出现在人们的眼前，他被称作“钢之炼金术师”。

明治政府建立二十余年，新时代虽已来临，却似乎与人们心中——尤其是维新志士心中的那个理想国度相差甚远。国家仍处在大时代的动荡惶恐之中，战争的阴影仍笼罩在日本的上空。
当年的浪漫剑客如今纷纷尘埃落定：弥彦成长为正直善良的剑客；左之助也少却了青春孟浪，变得沧桑；剑心的儿子剑路同样拜入比古清十郎的门下，誓要成为绝世高手，却与父亲分外隔膜；剑心接受政府的任务赶赴大陆战场，为了赎回前半生的罪过而疲于奔命，逆刃刀从此封存，家中只留下病弱的阿薰苦苦等待。
这不再是关于明治剑客的浪漫谭，这是一个英雄迟暮的哀婉诗篇……