Yamakasi (film)
| Yamakasi | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Ariel Zeitoun Julien Seri |
| Written by | Luc Besson Philippe Lyon Julien Seri |
| Produced by | Virginie Silla |
| Starring | Châu Belle Dinh Williams Belle Malik Diouf Yann H'Nautra Guylain N'Guba Boyeke Laurent Piemontesi Charles perrière |
| Cinematography | Philippe Piffeteau |
| Edited by | Yohann Costedoat Stéphanie Gaurier Yann Hervé Claude-France Husson Célia Lafitedupont Christine Lucas Navarro Charlotte Rembauville |
| Music by | DJ Spank Joey Starr |
| Distributed by | Europa Corp. |
Release date | 2001 |
Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | €6,950,000 |
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a person injured copying their techniques.
Interestingly, the movie's title (translated as "The Samurai of the Modern Age") seems to imply that the word 'yamakasi' is Japanese in origin; it is, in fact, a word from the African Lingala language. (see the Yamakasi article for its etymology)
External links
- Yamakasi at IMDb
- KFC Cinema: Yamakasi — film review
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