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.
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Part of Yamakasi Collection
2 films
Cast
18 people
Châu Belle Dinh
Baseball
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Lupin
Taxi 2
Williams Belle
L`Araignee
Known for
Johnny English Reborn
Malik Diouf
La Belette
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Taxi 2
Retirement Home
Yann Hnautra
Zicmu
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Taxi 2
The Sandmen
Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke
Rocket
Also in
Taxi 2
Charles Perrière
Sitting Bull
Also in
Taxi 2
Brutal A Taste of Violence.
Laurent Piemontesi
Tango
Also in
Taxi 2
Maher Kamoun
Vincent
Known for
Beautiful Memories
Bruno Flender
Michelin
Known for
My Way
Amel Djemel
Aila
Known for
Comme t'y es belle !
Afida Tahri
Fatima
Known for
The Eddy
Omar Killed Me
Nassim Faid
Djamel
No other roles listed
Ariel Zeitoun Director · Julien Seri Director Luc Besson Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.3M · Budget $15M · First release April 4, 2001
Box office
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,297,401
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
EuropaCorp
Production
Leeloo Productions
Production
Canal+
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Belgium · April 4, 2001
Theatrical
France · April 4, 2001
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 22, 2002 · Premiere · Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival
Czechia
July 8, 2001 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
September 13, 2001 · Theatrical
Finland
December 6, 2002 · Theatrical
France
July 5, 2026 · TV · TFX
July 13, 2026 · TV · TF1 Séries Films
Germany
October 7, 2002 · Physical
Hong Kong SAR China
October 11, 2001 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 16, 2001 · Theatrical
Iceland
November 9, 2001 · Theatrical
Italy
June 23, 2003 · Theatrical
Japan
September 22, 2001 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
November 23, 2001 · Theatrical
Mexico
May 30, 2003 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 2, 2001 · Theatrical
Norway
February 26, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Poland
February 22, 2002 · Theatrical
Romania
April 19, 2002 · Theatrical
Russia
November 15, 2001 · Theatrical
Singapore
December 16, 2001 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 5, 2003 · Theatrical
Spain
November 23, 2001 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 5, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
April 4, 2001 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 12, 2002 · Theatrical
Vietnam
April 16, 2004 · Theatrical
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