# Samurai Marathon (2019)

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**Original title**: *サムライマラソン*
**Runtime**: 105 min
**Genres**: Action, Drama
**Directed by**: Bernard Rose
**Written by**: Bernard Rose, Hiroshi Saito, Kikumi Yamagishi
**Starring**: Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Mirai Moriyama, Shota Sometani, Munetaka Aoki, Naoto Takenaka

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You train with feudal samurai in a crumbling castle courtyard, and then the daimyo announces a marathon you must all run. The lord’s sharp-eyed daughter disguises herself and enters the course. Here the camera lingers on sweat and cedar shadows long after the arrows have been set aside.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, slow-burn, tender

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