---
title: 'Samurai Marathon (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bernard Rose'
released: '2019-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/samurai-marathon-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9311062/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Samurai Marathon (2019)

2019 · 104 min · History · United Kingdom, Japan

Original title: サムライマラソン

## Synopsis

Samurai Marathon  is a 2019 Japanese-British historical action adventure film co-written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Takeru Satoh, Nana Komatsu and Mirai Moriyama. It is based on the 2014 novel The Marathon Samurai: Five Tales of Japan’s First Marathon by Akihiro Dobashi, itself inspired by the origin story of the Ansei Toashi 30-km footrace held annually in Annaka City.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bernard Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-rose)
- **Screenplay:** [Bernard Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-rose), [Hiroshi Saitō](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-saito), [Kikumi Yamagishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kikumi-yamagishi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-glass)
- **Producer:** [Jeremy Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-thomas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Takurō Ishizaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/takuro-ishizaka)

## Cast

- [Takeru Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeru-sato)
- [Munetaka Aoki](https://cinepixo.com/people/munetaka-aoki)
- [Mirai Moriyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/mirai-moriyama)
- [Nana Komatsu](https://cinepixo.com/people/nana-komatsu)
- [Junko Abe](https://cinepixo.com/people/junko-abe)
- [Mariko Tsutsui](https://cinepixo.com/people/mariko-tsutsui)
- [Shōta Sometani](https://cinepixo.com/people/shota-sometani)
- [Mugi Kadowaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/mugi-kadowaki)
- [Naoto Takenaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/naoto-takenaka)
- [Motoki Fukami](https://cinepixo.com/people/motoki-fukami)

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