Samurai marathon [dvd] / Sedic International, Recorded Picture Company, Sedic Deux production ; screenplay by Hiroshi Saitò‚, Bernard Rose, Kikumi Yamagishi ; produced by Jeremy Thomas, Toshiaki Nakazawa ; directed by Bernard Rose.
Title from disc label. Based on the book "The marathon samurai: five tales of Japan's first marathon" by Akihiro Dobashi. Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Mirai Moriyama, Shota Sometani, Munetaka Aoki, Ryu Kohata, Yuta Koseki, Danny Huston. Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. Wide screen (16:9).
Summary:
In the late feudal era of Japan, a young ninja is operating undercover in the court of an aging lord during a peaceful era of Japan that is on the brink of change. After the lord challenges his lazy samurais to a punishing marathon to toughen them up, the ninja finds his loyalties put to the test. Facing impossible odds, this unusual band of characters is running a race to win or die.
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