Samurai Marathon 1855

IMDb link: 9311062
IMDb rating: 6.2 (1,399 votes)
Genres: Action, Adventure, History
Director: Bernard Rose
Cast: Shota Sometani, Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Mirai Moriyama and others

Release date: 12 May 2020
Release year: 2019
Runtime: 103 minutes
Country: Japan, United Kingdom
Keywords: spy, american imperialism, katana, contest, samurai, sword fight, imperialism, jidaigeki, marathon, shogun

Plot:

The American imperialists are at the door and intruding on Japan. To assess and train his troops the lord of the land announces a marathon through the land crisscrossing shores, forests and the mountain. The shogunate in Edo was not approving and views word of the contest with contempt and suspicion. Spies and moles are dispatched. One mole realizes the misunderstanding and is determined to stop lives and alliances being lost. He runs.

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