Samurai Hustle

Samurai Hustle (lit. Mission Impossible: Samurai) (超高速!参勤交代, Chōkōsoku! Sankin Kōtai) 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]

Samurai Hustle
Poster
Directed by	Katsuhide Motoki
Starring	Kuranosuke Sasaki Kyoko Fukada Tsuyoshi Ihara Yasufumi Terawaki Yusuke Kamiji Yuri Chinen Tokio Emoto Takanori Jinnai Masahiko Nishimura
Release date	21 June 2014 (2014-06-21) (Japan)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.55 billion (Japan)

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]