Samurai Hustle

2014 Japanese film

Samurai Hustle

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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

* 21 June 2014 (2014-06-21) (Japan)

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

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* Kuranosuke Sasaki
* Kyoko Fukada
* Tsuyoshi Ihara
* Yasufumi Terawaki
* Yusuke Kamiji
* Yuri Chinen
* Seiji Rokkaku as Imamura
* Tokio Emoto

## Reception

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The film initially grossed ¥900 million in Japan.[3] Its final box office tally was ¥1.55 billion yen.[4]

## References

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1. ^ 超高速！参勤交代(2014). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
2. ^ Samurai Hustle (超高速！参勤交代). Retrieved 25 January 2015.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Eiren, "Box Office Statistics for 2014 in Japan." http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2014.html Accessed 2020-07-27

## External links

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* Official website (in Japanese)
* Chô kôsoku! Sankin kôtai at IMDb

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Films directed by Katsuhide Motoki

* Tenamonya Sōsha (1998)
* Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven (2000)
* Tsuribaka Nisshi 12: Shijō Saidai no Yukyū Kyūka (2001)
* Tsuribaka nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kiki Ippatsu! (2002)
* Drugstore Girl (2004)
* GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007)
* GeGeGe no Kitaro 2: Sennen Noroi Uta (2008)
* Kamogawa Horumo (2009)
* Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012)
* It All Began When I Met You (2013)
* Samurai Hustle (2014)
* Samurai Hustle Returns (2016)

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Blue Ribbon Award for Best Film

1950–2000|

* Until We Meet Again (1950)
* Repast (1951)
* Lightning (1952)
* An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953)
* Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
* Floating Clouds (1955)
* Mahiru no ankoku (1956)
* The Rice People (1957)
* The Hidden Fortress (1958)
* Kiku to Isamu (1959)
* Her Brother (1960)
* Pigs and Battleships (1961)
* Foundry Town (1962)
* The Insect Woman (1963)
* Woman in the Dunes (1964)
* Red Beard (1965)
* The Great White Tower (1966)
* The Fossil (1974)
* Lullaby of the Earth (1976)
* The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
* Third Base (1978)
* Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
* Kagemusha (1980)
* Muddy River (1981)
* Fall Guy (1982)
* International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1983)
* MacArthur's Children (1984)
* Ran (1985)
* House of Wedlock (1986)
* A Taxing Woman (1987)
* The Silk Road (1988)
* Dotsuitarunen (1989)
* Childhood Days (1990)
* A Scene at the Sea (1991)
* Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)
* All Under the Moon (1993)
* Like a Rolling Stone (1994)
* A Last Note (1995)
* Boys Be Ambitious (1996)
* Bounce Ko Gals (1997)
* Hana-bi (1998)
* Taboo (1999)
* Battle Royale (2000)

2001–present|

* Spirited Away (2001)
* The Twilight Samurai (2002)
* Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
* Nobody Knows (2004)
* Break Through! (2005)
* Hula Girls (2006)
* Kisaragi (2007)
* Climber's High (2008)
* Mt. Tsurugidake (2009)
* Confessions (2010)
* Cold Fish (2011)
* Our Homeland (2012)
* The Story of Yonosuke (2013)
* Samurai Hustle (2014)
* The Emperor in August (2015)
* Shin Godzilla (2016)
* Wilderness (2017)
* One Cut of the Dead (2018)
* Fly Me to the Saitama (2019)
* Fukushima 50 (2020)
* Last of the Wolves (2021)
* A Man (2022)
* Godzilla Minus One (2023)
* A Samurai in Time (2024)

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