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Samurai Marathon (2019)
Directed by Bernard Rose
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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.
Rated NR | Length 105 minutes
Actors
Takeru Satoh | Nana Komatsu | Mirai Moriyama | Shota Sometani | Munetaka Aoki | Naoto Takenaka | Etsushi Toyokawa | Hiroki Hasegawa | Danny Huston | Nao | Taishi Nakagawa | Mugi Kadowaki | Joey Iwanaga | Ryu Kohata | Yuta Koseki | Motoki Fukami | Shinsuke Kato | Ruka Wakabayashi | Mariko Tsutsui | Jun Abe | Akira Koieyama | Carlos Arturo Pinzon | Christian Storms | Takashi Nishina
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/03/2020 | TV | DVD | Library | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
From the director of CANDYMAN, a based on a true events story from 1855 Japan. I laughed a lot (this is not a comedy). Often ridiculous story beats around this marathon to test the samurai of this Annaka village that gets threatened by assassins from Edo is some dopey ass stuff. But I went along for the ride and found it engaging enough despite all that. Danny Huston is probably the most ridiculous thing, however.
Leave to WellGoUSA to release yet another dvd with zero extras on it. Like other similar films I’m sure I would’ve found the making-of BTS material more interesting.
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