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Samurai Marathon | |
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Directed by | Bernard Rose |
Screenplay by | Bernard Rose Hiroshi Saito Kikumi Yamagishi |
Based on | The Marathon Samurai: Five Tales of Japan’s First Marathon by Akihiro Dobashi |
Produced by |
Jeremy Thomas Toshiaki Nakazawa |
Starring |
Takeru Satoh Nana Komatsu Mirai Moriyama Shōta Sometani Munetaka Aoki Naoto Takenaka Danny Huston Etsushi Toyokawa Hiroki Hasegawa |
Cinematography | Takuro Ishizaka |
Music by | Philip Glass |
Distributed by | Well Go USA Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Countries | Japan United Kingdom |
Languages | Japanese English |
Samurai Marathon ( Japanese: サムライマラソン, Hepburn: Samurai Marason) is a 2019 Japanese-British historical action adventure film co-written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu and Mirai Moriyama. It is based on the 2014 novel The Marathon Samurai: Five Tales of Japan’s First Marathon by Akihiro Dobashi, itself inspired by the origin story of the Ansei Toashi 30-km footrace held annually in Annaka City. [1] [2] [3]
The film was released in theaters in Japan in February 2019. [4] It was later featured at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2019. [6] Well Go USA Entertainment acquired North American distribution rights to the film in July 2019. [1] The film was released on VOD and digital platforms in May 2020. [7] It was also released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the United States on July 21, 2020. [2]
The film has a 78% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [8] James Hadfield of The Japan Times awarded the film three stars out of five. [3]