The Magnificent Nine (2016)

Original title

殿、利息でござる！

Directed by

Yoshihiro Nakamura

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

G

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 18th-century Japan, townspeople in a post town come up with a financial scheme to solve their economic troubles. The film follows their efforts to outwit a feudal lord through clever planning.

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What happens

The Magnificent Nine (殿、利息でござる！, Tono, Risoku de Gozaru!) is a 2016 Japanese jidaigeki samurai comedy film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on May 14, 2016. The original story is Jusaburō Kokudaya (ja:穀田屋十三郎, Kokudaya Jusaburō) collected by "Unsung Heroes of Old Japan" written by Michifumi Isoda (ja:磯田道史, Isoda Michifumi) , a record of the townspeople who saved the plight of the Shukuba town at Yoshioka-juku (ja:吉岡宿) in the Sendai Domain (Sendai city) in the 18th century "Kokuonki (国恩記)" Based on (written by Monk Zuishi Eishū (栄洲瑞芝, Eishū Zuishi)). This movie's catch phrase is "Zeni to Atama ha Tsukaiyou". (ゼニと頭は、使いよう。; Let's use Money and Brain. (Financial schemes and Wisdom require good handling.)). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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