Movie
Samurai Marathon
Overview
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
Details
- Release date
- 2019-02-22
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sedic International, Sedic Deux, Recorded Picture Company, dentsu, TV Asahi, Culture Entertainment, T. Y. Limited, AMUSE, The Asahi Shimbun, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, ATELIER JAPAN PRODUCE, Cygames, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting
- Country
- Japan, United Kingdom
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Takeru Satoh as Jinnai Karasawa
- Nana Komatsu as Princess Yuki / Kumanosuke
- Mirai Moriyama as Heikuro Tsujimura
- Shota Sometani as Hironoshin Uesugi
- Munetaka Aoki as Yoshikuni Ueki
- Naoto Takenaka as Mataemon Kurita
- Etsushi Toyokawa as Suketora Ioki
- Hiroki Hasegawa as Katsuakira Itakura
- Danny Huston as Commodore Perry
- Nao as Misuzu
- Taishi Nakagawa as Fujii
- Mugi Kadowaki
Crew
- Bernard Rose - Director
- Bernard Rose - Screenplay
- Hiroshi Saito - Screenplay
- Kikumi Yamagishi - Screenplay
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