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Acclaimed filmmaker Bernard Rose has created a stunning visual feast complemented by a haunting score from iconic composer Philip Glass. Inspired by a race still held annually in Japan, Samurai Marathon is a lively action flick with a samurai twist. In late feudal Japan, a young ninja (Satoh) operates undercover in the court of an aging lord and his rebellious daughter. When the lord challenges his lazy samurai to a punishing marathon—joined covertly by Princess Yuki—the ninja finds his loyalties put to the test. Facing impossible odds, this unusual band of characters is running a race to either win or die.
Original Release
02/22/2019
US Release
05/12/2020
Cast
Name | Character |
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Takeru Satoh | Jinnai Karasawa |
Nana Komatsu | Princess Yuki / Kumanosuke |
Mirai Moriyama | Heikuro Tsujimura |
Shota Sometani | Hironoshin Uesugi |
Munetaka Aoki | Yoshikuni Ueki |
Ryu Kohata | Hayabusa |
Yûta Koseki | Saburo |
Motoki Fukami | Ninzaemon Momose |
Shinsuke Kato | Togo Okajima |
Joey Iwanaga | Kazuma Kakizaki |
Directors
Writers
Bernard Rose, Akihiro Dobashi, Hiroshi Saitô, Kikumi Yamagishi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Takeru Satoh | Jinnai Karasawa |
Nana Komatsu | Princess Yuki / Kumanosuke |
Mirai Moriyama | Heikuro Tsujimura |
Shota Sometani | Hironoshin Uesugi |
Munetaka Aoki | Yoshikuni Ueki |
Ryu Kohata | Hayabusa |
Yûta Koseki | Saburo |
Motoki Fukami | Ninzaemon Momose |
Shinsuke Kato | Togo Okajima |
Joey Iwanaga | Kazuma Kakizaki |
Ruka Wakabayashi | Isuke Fukumoto |
Naoto Takenaka | Mataemon Kurita |
Mariko Tsutsui | Kiyo Fukumoto |
Mugi Kadowaki | Yui Karasawa |
Junko Abe | Shiori Uesugi |
Nao Honda | Misuzu |
Taishi Nakagawa | The Interpreter / Fujii |
Etsushi Toyokawa | Suketora Ioki |
Hiroki Hasegawa | Katsuakira Itakura |
Danny Huston | Commodore Perry |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Yu Haifeng | Executive Producer |
Tatsuro Hatanaka | Executive Producer |
Keiji Kameyama | Executive Producer |
Takaya Kano | Executive Producer |
Masaaki Kimura | Executive Producer |
Nobuo Miyazaki | Executive Producer |
Kazuo Nakanishi | Executive Producer |
Marie Gabrielle Stewart | Executive Producer |
Minoru Toizumi | Executive Producer |
Koichi Watanabe | Executive Producer |
Hiroyuki Yamada | Executive Producer |
Zhou Yanqin | Executive Producer |
Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer |
Keiichi Yoshizaki | Executive Producer |
Christian Storms | Producer |
Takashi Iguchi | Producer |
Tsutakasa Ikegami | Producer |
Alainée Kent | Producer |
Noriyuki Maruyama | Producer |
Rikiya Mifune | Producer |
Toshiaki Nakazawa | Producer |
Takahiro Ohno | Producer |
Motoi Sasaki | Producer |
Jeremy Thomas | Producer |
Seiji Yagi | Producer |
Kensuke Zushi | Producer |
Takahiro Ono | Producer |