Evo & Grace: The WanderLusts

The movie that tells the story of the first marathon in Japan, is the opening film for much awaited Japanese Film Festival known as EIGASAI now on its 22nd edition that open last July 3 at Shangri-La Plaza Cinema and will last until August 3, 2019. Directed by Bernard Rose, Samurai Marathon is based on Akihiro Dobashi’s novel Bakumatsu Marathon Samurai about the historical Ansei Tooashi, known as Japan’s first Marathon. Happen at the end of Edo Period, the lord of Annaka Clan holds a running contest, as training for his clan against potential attacks from overseas. Like any other Japanese Films , Samurai Marathon is superb in storytelling as it sticks to its narration of blow-by-blow events, brutal scenes with random comedy is a come on, but what moves us is the outskirt farm life shown, it provides freshness in the film. Samurai Marathon is release in Japan last February 22, 2019, it stars Takeru Sato “Rurouni Kenshin” franchise, Nana Komatsu “Silence”, Mirai Moriyama “Rage”. You ...