| 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
- Kuranosuke Sasaki
- Kyoko Fukada
- Tsuyoshi Ihara
- Yasufumi Terawaki
- Yusuke Kamiji
- Yuri Chinen
- Seiji Rokkaku as Imamura
- Tokio Emoto
Reception
The film initially grossed ¥900 million in Japan.3 Its final box office tally was ¥1.55 billion yen.4
References
References
- 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). Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. 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