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Samurai Hustle
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Samurai Hustle

2014-06-21 · 119 min · ★ 7.0

History · Comedy

During the reign of the eighth shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Yunagaya Domain in the Tohoku region is a small han. But at the han, there is a gold mine. Suddenly, Masaatsu Naito of Yunagaya Domain receives an order to perform Sankin-kotai within 5 days. Sankin-kotai is a custom that requires the daimyo to visit the shogun in Edo. Unfortunately, the time needed to visit the shogun in Edo for Masaatsu Naito is 8 days. Masaatsu Naito also learns he received the order because a high ranking government official wants the gold mine. Also, the expense for Sankin-kotai is high and the Yunagaya Domain is such a small han that it seems impossible to complete. Nevertheless, Masaatsu Naito begins an unexpected operation to complete Sankin-kotai in 5 days.

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Directors
Katsuhide Motoki
Production companies
TV Tokyo, Shochiku, Hakuhodo, K-Factory, Shochiku Broadcasting, Kodansha, King Records, Fukushima Minpō
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kuranosuke SasakiKuranosuke SasakiMasaatsu Naitou
Kyoko FukadaKyoko FukadaOsaki
Tsuyoshi IharaTsuyoshi IharaDanzo Kumogakure
Masahiko NishimuraMasahiko NishimuraAdvisor Kenji
Takanori JinnaiTakanori JinnaiNobutoki Matsudaira / Genhachiro Araki
Yasufumi TerawakiYasufumi TerawakiSeiemon Imamura
Yusuke KamijiYusuke KamijiHeigo Akiyama
Tokio EmotoTokio EmotoHirotada Masuda
Ennosuke IchikawaEnnosuke IchikawaYoshimune Tokugawa
Renji IshibashiRenji IshibashiTerusada Matsudaira
Yu HayashiYu Hayashi

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