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]

Samurai Hustle
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Directed byKatsuhide Motoki
StarringKuranosuke 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
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥1.55 billion (Japan)

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.

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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
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