CinemaOSMovie · 1979 · 2h 19m
G.I. Samurai
58%(38)IMDbActionScience FictionWar

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.

Directed byKōsei Saitō

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 19m
Language
JA
Released
September 17, 1979
Studios
KADOKAWATOHO

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2 videos
Official Trailer [Subtitled]

Official Trailer [Subtitled]

Original Trailer [Subtitled]

Original Trailer [Subtitled]

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Sonny Chiba

Sonny Chiba

Lt. Yoshiaki Iba

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Nagao Kagetora

Kôji Naka

Kôji Naka

Taisuke Mimura

Jun Etoh

Jun Etoh

Nobuhiko Ken

Ryô Hayami

Ryô Hayami

Kazumichi Morishita

Akira Nishikino

Akira Nishikino

Koji Kikuchi

Yoichi Miura

Yoichi Miura

Manabu Nonaka

Hiroshi Kamayatsu

Mokichi Nemoto

Isao Kuraishi

Isao Kuraishi

Masao Maruoka

Ken Takahashi

Masayoshi Hirai

Creative team
Directed by
Kōsei Saitō
Kōsei Saitō
Written by
Toshio Kamata
Toshio Kamata
Produced by
Haruki Kadokawa
Haruki Kadokawa

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