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.

Directed by

Julien Seri, Ariel Zeitoun

Written by

Philippe Lyon, Luc Besson, Julien Seri

Genres

Action, Crime, Drama

Released

April 4, 2001

Runtime

1h 30m

Status

Released

Original title

Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes

Language

French

Countries

France

Studios

EuropaCorp, Leeloo Productions, Canal+

Budget

$15,000,000

Box office

$1,297,401