
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $1.3M worldwide against a $15M budget
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Sequels
Followed by Les fils du vent
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Collection
Part of Yamakasi Collection
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Music
Music by DJ Spank and JoeyStarr
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Luc BessonScreenplay
- Philippe LyonScreenplay
- Julien SeriScreenplay
- Original title
- Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 4, 2001
- Original language
- French
- Budget
- $15M
- Revenue
- $1.3M
- Countries
- France
- Collection
- Yamakasi Collection








































