Movie
Yamakasi
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 kid injured copying their techniques.
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Yamakasi was released April 4, 2001. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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 kid injured copying their techniques.
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Cast
Châu Belle DinhBaseball
Williams BelleL`Araignee
Malik DioufLa Belette
Yann HnautraZicmu
Guylain N'Guba-BoyekeRocket
Charles PerrièreSitting Bull
Laurent PiemontesiTango
Maher KamounVincentCredits
- Directed by
- Ariel Zeitoun, Julien Seri
- Written by
- Luc Besson, Julien Seri, Philippe Lyon
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes
- Collection
- Yamakasi Collection
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $1.3M
Production
EuropaCorpFrance
Leeloo ProductionsFrance
Canal+France