Times are-a-changin’ in director Bernard Rose’s jidaigeki debut, Samurai Marathon 1855, a 105-minute period epic based on Akihiro Dobashi’s 2014 novel with a story centered around Japan’s very first marathon. A beachfront diplomatic meet-up beteeen U.S. navy officer Commodore Perry (Danny Huston) and the Shogun’s Chief Minister, Ioki Suketora (Etsushi Toyokawa) offsets Rose’s epic tale […]
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