Samurai Hustle Explained

Samurai Hustle
Director:	Katsuhide Motoki
Starring:	Kuranosuke Sasaki Kyoko Fukada Tsuyoshi Ihara Yasufumi Terawaki Yusuke Kamiji Yuri Chinen Tokio Emoto Takanori Jinnai Masahiko Nishimura
Runtime:	119 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese
Gross:	¥1.55 billion (Japan)

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=347552. ja:超高速！参勤交代(2014). 26 June 2014. allcinema. Stingray. Japanese.
2. Web site: http://japanesefilmfestival.net/jff_movie/samurai-hustle/. ja:Samurai Hustle (超高速！参勤交代). 25 Jan 2015.
3. Web site: Maleficent dethrones Frozen in Japan. Kevin Ma. 2014-07-08. 2014-07-08. Film Business Asia. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714075834/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/maleficent-dethrones-frozen-in-japan. 2014-07-14.
4. Eiren, "Box Office Statistics for 2014 in Japan." http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2014.html Accessed 2020-07-27