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Release Year2008
Runtime1h 50m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresAction, Comedy
Votes10
DirectorTak Sakaguchi
WritersTak Sakaguchi
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.8 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsBe a Man!! Samurai School
About Be a Man!! Samurai School
Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts becomes good friends with Hidemaro an underachieving weakling. Omito Date, former student leader, plans his revenge against his former school. Now leader of an evil army from rival Kanto Gogakuren school he fully intends on taking over Otokojuku.
Directed by Tak Sakaguchi, Be a Man!! Samurai School leans on a strong ensemble — Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Go Ayano — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about action titles of 2008.
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