If you loved Samurai Hustle Returns, try Samurai Hustle

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Katsuhide Motoki, and they both carry the playful mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Samurai Hustle Returns, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Samurai Hustle is

The Edo period gets a slapstick makeover as a resource-starved daimyo scrambles to meet an impossible shogunal deadline. Three days of frantic improvisation later the province still hasn’t left the yard. A cheerful reminder that even samurai sometimes need to learn the art of the hustle.

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