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A Balasaur Score of 64 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 70%. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes70%
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Bernard RoseDirector
- Bernard RoseScreenplay
- Hiroshi SaitoScreenplay
- Kikumi YamagishiScreenplay
- Philip GlassOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Takeru SatohJinnai Karasawa
- Nana KomatsuPrincess Yuki / Kumanosuke
- Mirai MoriyamaHeikuro Tsujimura
- Shota SometaniHironoshin Uesugi
- Munetaka AokiYoshikuni Ueki
- Naoto TakenakaMataemon Kurita
- Etsushi ToyokawaSuketora Ioki
- Hiroki HasegawaKatsuakira Itakura
- Danny HustonCommodore Perry
- NaoMisuzu
- Taishi NakagawaFujii
- Mugi KadowakiCast
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Themes
samuraibased on novel or bookmarathonjidaigekiedo period19th centurybakumatsu