Samurai Hustle

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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.

Genre: History, Comedy

Cast: Kuranosuke Sasaki, Kyoko Fukada, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Masahiko Nishimura, Takanori Jinnai, Yasufumi Terawaki, Yusuke Kamiji, Tokio Emoto, Ennosuke Ichikawa, Renji Ishibashi, Yu Hayashi

Crew: Akihiro Dobashi (Screenplay), Katsuhide Motoki (Director), Shôji Ehara (Director of Photography), Isao Kawase (Editor), Yoshikazu Suo (Original Music Composer)

Country: Japan

Runtime: 119 minutes

Quality: HD

Release: 2014

imdb rating 7.045