Yamakasi the Samurais of Modern Times
Synopsis
There are 7 of them. They’re the Yamakasi. They’ve created a new street sport and try to overtake their high-rise suburb, or to be more precise, its walls, roofs, bridges. Light, agile, fast, they leap from one building to the next, sliding down the walls and braving every danger. Each has their own specialty: Baseball is a top pitcher, Araignée, with his ropes and hooks, gets around like a comic book hero, Belette is sure some eel, Zicmu draws his energy from music, Rocket is a fast as a missile... They train early every morning so as not to disturb the neighbors. But some people panic, mistake them for thieves. Cops then become involved, without ever managing to catch the Yamakasi. And all the young kids admire and want to imitate them. One day there’s an accident. Little Djamel takes a fall. It’s urgent, they need money for an operation now! Feeling responsible, the Yamakasi decide to come to his rescue and, for the first time, break the law and put their lives at risk. Vincent, the...
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (38)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : EuropaCorp
- Co-productions : TF1 Films Production, Leeloo Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : EuropaCorp
- French distribution : EuropaCorp Distribution
- News agency (France) : 213 Communication
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producers : Luc Besson, Virginie Silla
- Screenwriters : Julien Seri, Philippe Lyon, Luc Besson
- Director of Photography : Philippe Piffeteau
- Music Composers : Joey Starr, Dj Spank
- Assistant directors : Philippe Letode, Stéphane Moreno-Carpio, Rodolphe Lanaro
- Editor : Stéphanie Gaurier
- Sound Recordist : Laurent Zeilig
- Costume designer : Olivier Bériot
- Authors of original work : Charles Perrière, Luc Besson
- Assistant Operators : Jean-Christophe Allain, Martial Schmeltz, Laurent Tangy
- Production Manager : Didier Hoarau
- Sound editors : Ken Yasumoto, Laurent Zeilig
- Continuity supervisor : Donatienne De Gorostarzu
- Production Designers : Frédéric Lapierre, Frédéric Duru, Caroline Duru
- Sound Mixer : Jean Umansky
- Unit Production Manager : David Deshayes
- French press agent : Laura Gouadain
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
