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Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Pure escapism
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 70Audiences 66GoodWatch 67
Tomatometer70%
Audience score71%
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.2/5
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for action movies
typical 108105Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 12 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
+2Released
2019
February 22, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
ActionDramaHistoryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
- United Kingdom
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 19 more22 people
- 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
Joey IwanagaKazuma Kakizaki
Ryu KohataHayabusa
Yuta KosekiSaburo
Motoki FukamiNinzaemon Momose
Shinsuke KatoTogo Okajima
Ruka WakabayashiIsuke Fukumoto
Mariko TsutsuiKiyo Fukumoto
Junko AbeShiori Uesugi
Akira KoieyamaShunnosuke Karasawa
Christian StormsCommodore Perr's telegraph operator
Takashi Nishinabandit
Directing · 3
- Bernard Rose Director, Screenplay
- Yuko Harada Script Supervisor
- Yohei Matsushita First Assistant Director
Writing · 3
- Hiroshi Saito Screenplay
- Kikumi Yamagishi Screenplay
- Akihiro Dobashi Novel
Production · 30
- Tatsumi Yoda Executive Producer
- Nobuo Miyazaki Executive Producer
- Koichi Watanabe Executive Producer
- Yu Haifeng Executive Producer
- Masaaki Kimura Executive Producer
- Hiroyuki Yamada Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- Takuro Ishizaka Director of Photography
Editing · 5
- Mako Kamitsuna Editor
- Toby Martisius Colorist, VFX Artist
- Rebecca Erbe Digital Intermediate Producer, Visual Effects Producer
- Steve Bannerman Digital Intermediate Producer
- Leandro Marini Colorist, Visual Effects Producer
Sound · 16
- Philip Glass Original Music Composer
- Michael Perricone Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Joseph T. Sabella Foley Artist
- Richard Hein Conductor
- Drew Smith Music Supervisor
- Bob Costanza Sound Effects Editor
Art · 3
- Takashi Sasaki Production Design
- Yuma Noda Title Designer
- Takayuki Sato Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Emi Wada Costume Designer
Visual Effects · 74
- Jean-François Ferland Visual Effects Supervisor
- Marc Cote Visual Effects Supervisor
- Manmeet Singh Visual Effects Supervisor
- Alain Lachance Visual Effects Supervisor
- Julien Maisonneuve Visual Effects Producer
- Yi Zhang VFX Artist
Lighting · 3
- Kuyper Robin Lighting Artist
- Clementine Courbin Lighting Artist
- Hideki Tateno Lighting Director
Other crew · 9
- Kai Nakayama Stunt Coordinator
- Hiroshi Kuze Fight Choreographer
- Alex Brueckner Visual Effects Editor
- Petru Luchianic Systems Administrators & Support
- Emil Balek CG Supervisor
- Maude Giroux Visual Effects Editor
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