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The Magnificent Nine (2016)

2h 10m

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May 14, 2016
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The Magnificent Nine (2016)

Name: The Magnificent Nine
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2016-05-14

2h 10m

Running Time

May 14, 2016
Release Date

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Plot.

Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people, including Juzaburo Kokutaya (Sadao Abe), worry about the future of their town. They then set up a plan to save the town. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents, but if they're caught they will lose their lives.

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Release Date
May 14, 2016

Original Name
殿、利息でござる！

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 10m

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-02-10

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jidai geki

edo period

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The Magnificent Nine (殿、利息でござる！, Tono, Risoku de Gozaru!) is a 2016 Japanese jidaigeki samurai comedy film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on May 14, 2016.

The original story is Jusaburō Kokudaya (ja:穀田屋十三郎, Kokudaya Jusaburō) collected by "Unsung Heroes of Old Japan" written by Michifumi Isoda (ja:磯田道史, Isoda Michifumi)

, a record of the townspeople who saved the plight of the Shukuba town at Yoshioka-juku (ja:吉岡宿) in the Sendai Domain (Sendai city) in the 18th century "Kokuonki (国恩記)" Based on (written by Monk Zuishi Eishū (栄洲瑞芝, Eishū Zuishi)).

This movie's catch phrase is "Zeni to Atama ha Tsukaiyou". (ゼニと頭は、使いよう。, Let's use Money and Brain. (Financial schemes and Wisdom require good handling.)).