Yamakasi (film)

Infobox Film
name = Yamakasi


caption = Poster
director = Ariel Zeitoun Julien Seri
producer = Virginie Silla
writer = Luc Besson Philippe Lyon Julien Seri
narrator =
starring =Châu Belle Dinh
Williams Belle
Malik Diouf
Yann H'Nautra
Guylain N'Guba Boyeke
Laurent Piemontesi
Charles perrière
music = DJ Spank Joey Starr
cinematography = Philippe Piffeteau
editing = Yohann Costedoat Stéphanie Gaurier Yann Hervé Claude-France Husson Célia Lafitedupont Christine Lucas Navarro Charlotte Rembauville
distributor = Europa Corp. Distribution
released = 2001
runtime = 90 min.
country = France
language = French
budget = €6,950,000
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imdb_id = 0267129

"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 person injured copying their techniques.

Interestingly, the movie's title (translated as "The Samurai of the Modern Age") seems to imply that the word 'yamakasi' is Japanese in origin; it is, in fact, a word from the African Lingala language. (see the Yamakasi article for its etymology)

External links

*imdb title|id=0267129|title=Yamakasi
* [http://www.kfccinema.com/reviews/action/yamakasi/yamakasi.html KFC Cinema: Yamakasi] — film review