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A Samurai in Time

A Samurai in Time

7,6 /10 (21 Votes)
2024 JA 131 min

Overview

A samurai who gets hit by lightning wakes up to find himself on a film set in the present day and starts to work as an extra on samurai films.

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Release date

17/08/2024

Votes

21

Popularity

0.8

Genres

Status

Released

Original title

侍タイムスリッパー

Language

JA

Runtime

131 min

Website

www.samutai.net

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Chris Sawin

2024-08-12

⭐ 10

_A Samurai in Time_ is one of the most heartwarming time-traveling films you will ever see. The characters are well-written and you become fully invested in the story. For a guy who did the majority of the behind-the-scenes work himself, director Junichi Yasuda has crafted a genuine film of kindness, integrity, and purely delightful entertainment. **Full review:** https://bit.ly/TimeRonin

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r96sk

2025-08-19

⭐ 9

<em>'A Samurai in Time'</em> is truly splendid. I wouldn't actually describe it as anything super enthralling or anything, but it is supremely watchable, fairly amusing and surprisingly hearty - the 120+ minute run time flew by. I'd happily revisit this one. The performances of Makiya Yamaguchi and Norimasa Fuke are of real quality, both individually and as a collective. I totally believed and bought into the trajectory of the characters, which is impressive as otherwise they've could've been quite plain 'fish out of water' types. Yuno Sakura (cool to read about her backstory for this, s…

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