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Yamakasi(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-04-04
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575 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
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.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
Budget: $15,000,000.00
Revenue: $1,297,401.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Leeloo Productions
Movie: Yamakasi
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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.
Release Date
2001-04-04
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