G.I. Samurai
ActionScience FictionWarjapansamuraihelicoptertime warptime traveltanksword fightsengoku periodwarring states periodjapan self defense forces (jsdf)
A high-concept action-adventure that pits modern military technology against feudal samurai warfare, blending spectacle with fish-out-of-water tension.
A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Essence
Ensemble
Sonny Chiba
Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
Isao Natsuyagi
Nagao Kagetora
Kôji Naka
Taisuke Mimura
Jun Etoh
Nobuhiko Ken
Ryô Hayami
Kazumichi Morishita
Akira Nishikino
Koji Kikuchi
Yoichi Miura
Manabu Nonaka
Hiroshi Kamayatsu
Mokichi Nemoto
Isao Kuraishi
Masao Maruoka
Ken Takahashi
Masayoshi Hirai
Tsunehiko Watase
Hayato Yano
Kenzō Kawarasaki
Koji Kano
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