Saya Zamuraï

Here's a film with an odd premise that it somehow pulls off. A disgraced, swordless samurai is given a month to make a grieving young prince laugh, lest he be executed. It does, in fairness, contain an awful lot of funny faces.

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Hitoshi Matsumoto directed Saya Zamuraï in 2011. See Hitoshi Matsumoto's full filmography, where to start with Hitoshi Matsumoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hitoshi Matsumoto.

Saya Zamuraï was released in 2011 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 103 minutes.