G.I. Samurai (1979)
Original title: 戦国自衛隊
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.
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Sonny ChibaLt. Yoshiaki Iba
Jun EtohNobuhiko Ken
Kôji NakaTaisuke Mimura
Moeko EzawaWidow Yui
Ryô HayamiKazumichi Morishita
Noriko HonmaOld Woman
Akira NishikinoKoji Kikuchi
Masashi IshibashiHosokawa FujitakaToshitaka ItōSeaman Harumi Takashima
Haruki KadokawaSanada Masayuki
Isao KuraishiMasao Maruoka
Takuzo KadonoSeaman Toshishige SugaKeywords
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Genre affinityAction · War · Science FictionTheme affinityTime Travel · Japan · Time WarpNarrative complexityTime TravelVisual styleWarring States PeriodPacingAction · LongEmotional intensityWar · Time Warp · Warring States Period
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What is G.I. Samurai about?
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.
How long is G.I. Samurai?
G.I. Samurai has a runtime of 139 minutes.
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