- Actors: Danny Huston, Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu, Mirai Moriyama
- Director: Bernard Rose
- Format: Subtitled, Dolby, Surround Sound, Widescreen
- Language: Japanese (DTS 5.1)
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region A/1
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Rated: Not RatedNR
- Studio: Well Go Usa
- Release Date: July 21, 2020
- Run Time: 104 minutes
Samurai
Marathon doesn’t resemble some of the samurai films that have been coming out
of Japan in recent years, such as the Rurouni Kenshin franchise. These
popular movies are jam-packed with action, stylized to the point of almost
resembling superhero films (not unlike some wire-fu films in the kung-fu genre),
and feature popular young stars in key roles. Because some of the cast from the
Rurouni Kenshin films are also in Samurai Marathon, it is not
surprising that some fans have noticed the shift in style. Samurai Marathon
actually resembles a style from the recent past, most notably the films of Yôji
Yamada (The Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade), which utilize a
slice-of-life realism that is more concerned with character development that
flashy action scenes.
