Samurai Hustle
| Samurai Hustle | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Katsuhide Motoki |
| Starring | Kuranosuke Sasaki Kyoko Fukada Tsuyoshi Ihara Yasufumi Terawaki Yusuke Kamiji Yuri Chinen Tokio Emoto Takanori Jinnai Masahiko Nishimura |
Release date |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥1.55 billion (Japan) |
Samurai Hustle (lit. Mission Impossible: Samurai) (超高速!参勤交代, Chōkōsoku! Sankin Kōtai) is a 2014 Japanese jidaigeki comedy film directed by Katsuhide Motoki and starring Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyoko Fukada and Tsuyoshi Ihara. It was released on 21 June 2014.[1]
It featured in the Japanese Film Festival in Australia in 2014 under the name Samurai Hustle.[2] The film made its Los Angeles premiere at LA Eigafest 2014.
It was followed by 2016's Samurai Hustle Returns.
Cast[edit]
- Kuranosuke Sasaki
- Kyoko Fukada
- Tsuyoshi Ihara
- Yasufumi Terawaki
- Yusuke Kamiji
- Yuri Chinen
- Seiji Rokkaku as Imamura
- Tokio Emoto
Reception[edit]
The film initially grossed ¥900 million in Japan.[3] Its final box office tally was ¥1.55 billion yen.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ 超高速！参勤交代(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Samurai Hustle (超高速！参勤交代). Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ Kevin Ma (8 July 2014). "Maleficent dethrones Frozen in Japan". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ Eiren, "Box Office Statistics for 2014 in Japan." http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2014.html Accessed 2020-07-27
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Chô kôsoku! Sankin kôtai at IMDb
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