is a 2014 Japanese

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directed by

Katsuhide Motoki is a Japanese film director and producer. Filmography Director Film * ''Tenamonya Sōsha'' (1998) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven'' (2000) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 12: Shijō Saidai no Yukyū Kyūka'' (2001) * '' Tsuribaka Nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kiki I ...

and starring

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and

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. It was released on 21 June 2014. It featured in the Japanese Film Festival in Australia in 2014 under the name Samurai Hustle. The film made its Los Angeles premiere at LA Eigafest 2014. It was followed by 2016's ''

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Cast

Yasufumi Terawaki is a Japanese actor. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for ''Aibō The Movie''. Selected filmography Film * '' Mangetsu no Kuchizuke'' (1989) * ''Kinako'' (2011) * ''Samurai Hustle'' (2014) * ''My Love ...

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Seiji Rokkaku is a Japanese actor from Hyōgo Prefecture. He was born in Himeji and raised in Takasago. Rokkaku is the vocalist of Rokkaku Seiji Band. He dropped out of Gakushuin University. Rokkaku became famous in Japan for his role as Mamoru Yonezawa in ...

as Imamura *

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Reception

The film initially grossed ¥900 million in Japan. Its final box office tally was ¥1.55 billion yen. Eiren, "Box Office Statistics for 2014 in Japan." http://www.eiren.org/boxoffice_e/2014.html Accessed 2020-07-27

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* * 2014 comedy films Japanese comedy films Jidaigeki films Films directed by Katsuhide Motoki 2010s Japanese films 2010s Japanese-language films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub